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Modern Drama, Spring 2006

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Abstract:: This course analyzes major modern plays featuring works by Shaw, Pirandello, Beckett, Brecht, Williams, Soyinka, Hwang, Churchill, Wilson, Frayn, Stoppard, Deveare Smith, and Kushner. The class particularly considers performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the world of modern multimedia.

Subject:: Humanities, Social Sciences
Grade Level:: Post-secondary
Collection:: MIT OpenCourseWare

Writing About Literature, Fall 2006

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Abstract:: Description from course home page:"Writing About Literature" aims: 1) to increase student's pleasure and skill in reading literary texts and in writing and communicating about them; 2) to introduce students to different literary forms (poetry, fiction, drama) and some tools of literary study (close reading, research, theoretical models); 3) to allow students to get to know a single writer deeply; and 4) to encourage students to make independent decisions about their reading by exploring and reporting back on authors whose works they enjoy. The syllabus includes an eclectic mix: William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Henry James, Michael Frayn, and Jhumpa Lahiri. We'll explore different ways of approaching the questions readers have about each of these texts.

Subject:: Humanities, Social Sciences
Grade Level:: Post-secondary
Collection:: MIT OpenCourseWare

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