An introduction to some of the major plays of the past hundred years, and to major movements in drama of the period. Readings will include Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, Pirandello's Six Charcters in Search of an Author, Brecht's Mother Courage, Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Harold Pinter's The Room, Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, and Stoppard's Arcadia. Format: lecture/discussion. Requirements: two 5-page papers, regular journal entries or postings, a final exam, and active participation in class discussions.
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 40 (expected: 40). (Post-1900)