ENG 307 - Playwriting Workshop

1 course unit

An intensive course in the craft of playwriting in which writers comment on each other’s work, focusing on the elements and structure of a play (character, action, spectacle, diction, “music”, thought), dramatic forms and conventions (monologue, farce, melodrama, comedy, tragedy), selected published plays, and attending theatrical performances, all culminating in staged readings of selected student work and submission of a portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200 level creative writing course.