Grading Rubric: 98-100 A+; 93-97 A; 90-92 A-; 87-89 B+; 83-86 B; 80-82 B-; 77-79 C+; 73-76 C; 70-72 C-; 67-69 D+; 63-66 D; 60-62 D-; 0-59 F
Please observe the following:
Date |
Class Topic |
Homework Due |
1. T 1/20 |
Course +
Student Introduction;
Elements of Drama |
See cell below for Thursday's
reading |
Unit I |
Classical Drama |
|
2. R 1/22 |
Review of
L. 1; Greek Theater Intro.;
Aristotle;
Elements of the Stage |
13-24, 79-89 |
3. T 1/27 |
Review
of
L. 2; Plato's Republic; Sophocles, Oedipus
the King; How to Cite Drama |
25-44; Bring 3 discussion
questions to class (to be collected!) |
4. R 1/29 |
Review of L. 3; Oedipus the King; Theater Reviews | 89-96; Response #1 (1
page/250 words): Does Oedipus violate Aristotle's philosophy
of non-sympathetic villains? Or: write about what concerns you in the
play (think: pre-writing for essay!) |
5. T 2/3 |
Review of
L. 4; Tragedy;
Euripides; Unit I
Essay Topics |
45-62; Bring 3 discussion
questions to class |
6. R 2/5 |
Review of
L. 5; Medea; Writing about drama |
Write a prospectus for Unit
I Essay |
7. T 2/10 |
Theater on film: Hamlet |
|
Unit II |
Renaissance and Restoration Drama |
|
8. R 2/12 |
Free write;
Renaissance performance theory |
258-65; Bring 3 discussion questions to class; Unit I Essay due |
9. T 2/17 |
Review of
L. 8; Shakespeare |
182-203; suggested reading:
149-70 |
10. R 2/19 |
Review of
L. 9; Hamlet |
203-13; Bring 3 discussion
questions to class |
11. T 2/24 |
Review of
L. 10; Hamlet |
213-28; Response #2:
What morals, if any, does Hamlet portray? |
12. R 2/26 |
Review of
L. 11; Restoration performance theory; Act I
of The Rover |
NEW: 340-46; 381-93; Response #3: How does Restoration performance theory differ from Classical and Renaissance performance theory? Suggested reading: 269-82 |
13. T 3/2 |
Review of
L. 12; Aphra Behn; The Rover |
346-71 |
14. R 3/4 |
Review of
L. 13; The Restoration Actress; Midterm
Study Questions |
393-99; Bring 3 discussion
questions to class |
15. T 3/9 |
Review of
L. 14; Midterm Review |
Prepare Study Questions |
16. R 3/11 |
Midterm |
Have a nice Spring Break! |
Unit III |
Modern theater |
|
17. T 3/23 |
Modern
Theater; Henrik Ibsen, A Doll House
I |
421-47 |
18. R 3/25 |
Review of
L. 17; Ibsen II; Nineteenth-Century
Performance
Theory |
588-602; Bring 3 discussion
questions to class; Suggested reading 403-20 |
19. T 3/30 |
Review of
L. 18; Bertolt Brecht, Mother
Courage and Her Children |
505-24 |
20. R 4/1 |
Review of
L. 19; Brecht II |
525-34 |
21. T 4/6 |
Review of
L. 20; Twentieth-Century Performance
Theory |
602-15; Response #4: Compare and contrast Brecht and Artaud's concept of the purpose of performance. |
22. R 4/8 | Review of
L. 21; Colonialism;
Multiculturalism and
Critical
Theory (936): Fanon; Critique by Gates (771) |
921-34; Bring 3 discussion questions to class; Suggested Reading: 768-75 |
23. T 4/13 |
Review of
L. 22; Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine;
Unit III Essay Topics |
556-72 |
24. R 4/15 |
Review of
L. 23; Churchill II |
573-83; Response #5:
(Suggested topic) How do ethnicity, gender, and/or class relate to
notions of performance? Or: choose your own topic |
25. T 4/20 |
Portfolio Assignment; Towards a definition of tragedy and the actor; Nietzsche; Postcolonial performance theory | 584-88, 935-45; Write a
prospectus for Unit
III Essay |
26. R 4/22 |
Review of
L. 25; Theater Review Presentation;
Peer review and discussion of Unit III Essay |
Bring 2 copies of Unit III
Essay to class |
27. T 4/27 |
Theater on film |
Unit
III Essay due |
28. R 4/29 |
Review of
Course Goals; Presentation
of theater reviews |
Portfolio
(Cover letter, Theater Review, 2
revised
responses, revision of Unit I Essay
[optional], discussion questions [optional]) due |
No class on T 5/4 |
Papers can be collected R 5/6 11:30-1 in 324 Dickson or requested in Fall 04 office hours; final papers will no longer be available after 10/31/04. | Have a great summer break! |