Theatre Arts 275/English
256
The Seeds
of Modern Drama
Professor Mazer
Fall 2007
519
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-11:50, and by appointment
September 6:
Introduction
September 11:
Alexandre Dumas, fils,
The Lady of the Camelias
(Camille) (bulkpack)
[September 13:
NO CLASS]
September 18:
Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin;
preface to Thérèse Raquin (bulkpack)
September 20:
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll House
September 25:
A Doll House (cont.)
September 27:
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler
October 2:
Ibsen, The Master Builder
October 4:
August Strindberg, Miss Julie
October 9: Miss Julie (cont.)
[Approximate date: FIRST TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT]
October 11:
Ibsen, Peer Gynt
[FALL BREAK]
October 18:
Georg Büchner, Woyzeck
October 23:
Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening
October
25: Strindberg, A Dream Play
October
30: Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya
November
1: Uncle Vanya (cont.)
November 6:
G. Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s
Profession
November 8:
Shaw, Major Barbara
November 13:
Major Barbara (cont.)
[November 15:
TO BE ANNOUNCED]
[Approximate date: SECOND TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT]
November 20:
H. Granville Barker, The Voysey Inheritance
[THANKSGIVING}
November 27:
The Voysey
Inheritance (cont.)
November 29:
Elizabeth Robins, Votes for Women!
December 4:
John
December 6:
Catch-up and conclusions.
There will be TWO take-home essay assignments
(approximately 5 pages), plus ONE final paper (approximately 10-12 pages), due
at a date to be announced during reading and exam period, on a topic that must MUST BE APPROVED IN ADVANCE. Attendance in class is crucial; CHRONIC
ABSENCE OR LATENESS WILL BE COUNTED AGAINST YOU.
The following books can be purchased at the
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The bulkpack can be
purchased at the
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