ATH 240 - From the Drama Desk: Performance, Culture and Creativity

Course Units: 1.0

(TBD: Staff) This is an intensive and practical course on reading and writing dramatic criticism. A look at the concepts and practices of theater criticism in American theater begins with a discussion of major theories of Western drama, from Aristotle to Artaud. Through the reading and discussion of contemporary examples of dramatic criticism and directed studies in techniques of journalistic writing students will gain an understanding of the nature and function of a theater review and an ability to critically view theater productions. Writing will include research essays, response papers and critical reviews of play scripts as well as performances on campus and at professional theaters. CC: HUM, JCAD, JCHF, JLIT