Undergraduate Courses
E345 American Drama
E345 will trace American drama back to its European antecedents and will study the ways in which the country developed an indigenous, native drama, that was shaped by its pioneering roots, the sense of exploration, individualism, and emphasis on discrete family units. It will also focus on the ways in which drama written in the modern and contemporary periods addressed the shifts away from these themes and the impact of modern society on "the American Dream" and the individual, in both the family and the general society. The course will also study American contributions to dramatic staging, language, and themes. In each period studied, parallels with commensurate European drama will be discussed and American contributions highlighted:- Early Roots of American Drama: From the American Revolution to 1915
- Susan Glaspell, Eugene O'Neill and the Provincetown Players
- The Forties and Beyond: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams
- New Men on the Block: Sam Shepard, David Mamet
- African-American Drama: Ntozake Shange, August Wilson
- Women Playwrights: Marsha Norman, Beth Henley, Maria Irene Fornes
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