The Drama

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Overview

Subject area

ENG

Catalog Number

265

Course Title

The Drama

Department(s)

Description

Various approaches to dramatic structure, theme, and characterization will be explored through plays, theory, and criticism by culturally diverse writers. Examples of the genre from major periods of development from antiquity through the twenty-first century will be studied. Students will analyze scripts by representative playwrights such as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Molière, Chekhov, Ibsen, O’Neill, Brecht, Hellman,Hansberry, Williams, Beckett, Fornés, Wilson, Hwang, Kushner, and Nottage.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-Creative Expression

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate LaGuardia CC

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

011748

Course Schedule