This course investigates core values in dramatic structure viewing classic and archaic structures through the lens of Sophocles, Shankuntala, Ariane Mnouchkine Aristotle’s Poetics, Unity of Action, and Epic Structure through medieval, renaissance and neo-classical drama with contemporary plays as current examples. What is the structure of Ritual? What is the true nature of agon and the role of the protagonist? What is a Chorus and what is its function? What is Cause and Effect and chain of action. What is the function of each character in the chain of action?This class is an intensive seminar for first-year students to help develop their ideas through reading and writing. Students will emerge from this course confident in the process of formulating, developing, and expressing your ideas with the written word.

This course investigates core values in dramatic structure viewing classic and archaic structures through the lens of Sophocles, Shankuntala, Ariane Mnouchkine Aristotle’s Poetics, Unity of Action, and Epic Structure through medieval, renaissance and neo-classical drama with contemporary plays as current examples. What is the structure of Ritual? What is the true nature of agon and the role of the protagonist? What is a Chorus and what is its function? What is Cause and Effect and chain of action. What is the function of each character in the chain of action?This class is an intensive seminar for first-year students to help develop their ideas through reading and writing. Students will emerge from this course confident in the process of formulating, developing, and expressing your ideas with the written word.

This course investigates core values in dramatic structure viewing classic and archaic structures through the lens of Sophocles, Shankuntala, Ariane Mnouchkine Aristotle’s Poetics, Unity of Action, and Epic Structure through medieval, renaissance and neo-classical drama with contemporary plays as current examples. What is the structure of Ritual? What is the true nature of agon and the role of the protagonist? What is a Chorus and what is its function? What is Cause and Effect and chain of action. What is the function of each character in the chain of action?This class is an intensive seminar for first-year students to help develop their ideas through reading and writing. Students will emerge from this course confident in the process of formulating, developing, and expressing your ideas with the written word.

This course investigates core values in dramatic structure viewing classic and archaic structures through the lens of Sophocles, Shankuntala, Ariane Mnouchkine Aristotle’s Poetics, Unity of Action, and Epic Structure through medieval, renaissance and neo-classical drama with contemporary plays as current examples. What is the structure of Ritual? What is the true nature of agon and the role of the protagonist? What is a Chorus and what is its function? What is Cause and Effect and chain of action. What is the function of each character in the chain of action?This class is an intensive seminar for first-year students to help develop their ideas through reading and writing. Students will emerge from this course confident in the process of formulating, developing, and expressing your ideas with the written word.