THEA 252 - Foundations of Theater

FC ARHU

4 credits
A lecture course tracing the links between theater and ritual performance from the earliest human civilizations through Elizabethan England. We will focus on theatrical texts, performances spaces, and theoretical treatises from various world cultures. European, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Hopi, and Mayan performances will be studied in relation to the social and intellectual history of each major era and culture.
This course is appropriate for new students.