Dostoevsky

Offered as RES 264 and WLT 264. Focuses on close reading of the major novels, short fiction and journalism of Dostoevsky, one of the greatest writers in modern literature. Combining penetrating psychological insight with the excitement of crime fiction, Dostoevsky’s works explore profound political, philosophical and religious issues, in a Russia populated by students and civil servants, saints and revolutionaries, writers and madmen.

Colq:Black Mediterranean

This interdisciplinary course examines the current migration across the Mediterranean to Europe within a larger context, using historical analysis, literature, film studies, postcolonial theory, political science, and anthropology. Together, these different approaches paint an image of the Mediterranean as a dynamic border area in which people of different cultures, languages, religions, and ethnicities have interacted with one another throughout time and space. Enrollment limited to 20.

African Lit & Cinema

A study of the major writers and diverse literary traditions of Africa, with emphasis on the historical, political, social and cultural contexts of the emergence of writing, reception and consumption. The course pays particular attention to several questions: in what contexts did modern African literature emerge? Is the term "African literature" a useful category? How do African writers challenge Western representations of Africa? How do they articulate the crisis of postcoloniality? How do women writers reshape our understanding of gender and the politics of resistance?

Western Classics-Translatn I

Offered as ENG 202 and WLT 202. Considers works of literature, mostly from the ancient world, that have had a significant influence over time. May include: epics by Homer and Virgil; tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; Plato’s Symposium; Dante’s Divine Comedy. Enrollment limited to 20.

T-What is World Literature?

This course focuses on the global circulation of texts and ideas. With a historical arc that spans from the ancient world to the present, the course explores important cross-cultural influences and traces evolving ideas about “world,” “region,” and “nation” in the context of pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial history.

Directing I

This course focuses upon interpretative approaches to dramatic texts and how they may be realized and animated through characterization, composition, movement, rhythm and style. Prerequisites: THE 141. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

Writing for Theatre I

The means and methods of the playwright. Analysis of the structure and dialogue of a few selected plays. Weekly and biweekly exercises in dramatic writing. Goal for beginning playwrights: to draft a one-act play by the end of the semester. Writing sample required. Instructor permission required.

Intro to Sound Design

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of theatrical sound design, with additional relevance to sound design for dance, film and television. The course cultivates sensitivity towards the expressiveness of sound and the relationship between time, sound, actors, visuals and narrative. Through script analyses and design projects, students learn the power of sound–including music–in enhancing stage presentations, acquire skills in creating sound worlds and apply those skills to collaboration with the production team.

Intro to Lighting Design

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of stage lighting design. Over the semester, the course cultivates sensitivity towards the expressiveness of light and the relationship between light, form and space, eventually learning to manipulate light to articulate ideas. Through script analyses and design projects, students learn to understand the power of light in enhancing stage presentations, acquire skills in illuminating the drama and apply such skills to collaboration with the production team at large.
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