THEA 329 - Script Analysis & Dramaturgy

FC ARHU

4 credits
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama, shaping a story into a form suitable to be performed on the stage. This seminar based course will focus on dramatic structure, dramatic theory, and historical and cultural research. We will move methodically through several texts, including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Waiting for Godot, A Doll House, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Manifest Destinitis, and The America Play. We will begin by looking at texts themselves, then move toward analysis, research, and interpretation.