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Credit Course Descriptions (Spring 2010)
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ENGL 235

Drama as Literature (3 CR)

Prerequisite: ENGL 122

This course introduces students to the analysis of plays as literature. Beginning with the Greek dramatists and ending with the contemporary scene, students will read full-length plays and the comments of playwrights, directors, actors and critics. They will analyze drama from psychological, historical, philosophical, structural and dramatic perspectives. Students will write essays demonstrating their understanding of the works studied. This course is taught in the fall semester only. 3 hrs./wk.