Foundations of World Theater
Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: The Arts
CRN: 3071
Credits: 4
This theater history course surveys the development of theater traditions from Ancient Greece through nineteenth-century melodrama, focusing on European and Asian Classical theater forms. Through representative plays, and historical documents students will explore dramatic conventions, the uses of theater space, the role of audiences, and theater technologies across cultures and eras. The course includes outings to performances in the city to experience theater history as it lives on today. This course fulfills the theater history requirement for Lang Theater majors and minors.
College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)
Department: The Arts (ART)
Campus: New York City (GV)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
Modality: In-Person
Max Enrollment: 18
Add/Drop Deadline: September 11, 2023 (Monday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 19, 2023 (Sunday)
Seats Available: No
Status: Closed*
* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 10:06am EST 11/30/2023
CRN: 2866
Credits: 4
This theater history course surveys the development of performance traditions from pre-history to the 20th Century. Through scripts, criticism, historical documents, video and film, students will explore performance conventions, spaces, audiences, and technologies across cultures and eras throughout the world. This course will include primary sources, student-led discussion, and viewing of contemporary adaptations of historic performance on stage and film. At the end of this course, you will be better equipped to situate a performance in relationship to its geographical and historical context, and to interrogate what the production reveals about this context. This course fulfills the theater history requirement for Lang Theater majors and minors.
College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)
Department: The Arts (ART)
Campus: New York City (GV)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
Modality: In-Person
Max Enrollment: 18
Add/Drop Deadline: February 4, 2024 (Sunday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 16, 2024 (Tuesday)
Seats Available: Yes
* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.
Status: Open*
* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 10:04am EST 11/30/2023