ENG 235, 236 - Contemporary Drama & Performance Art

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 236).
In this class we will examine several intertwined strands of contemporary theatre practice: postmodern theatre, political and documentary theatre, and performance art. We will be using postmodernism as our primary theoretical lens; in particular, we will look at how contemporary art questions traditional dramatic narratives and problematizes not only theatre history but history itself. This course will focus both on dramatic texts and performance art; we will examine the way in which the body, as well as the word, carries meaning and how dramatic meaning can change over time and through performance.