ENGL 345 Drama
Spring 2005 - TU 9:30-10:45 a.m.
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Schedule of Classes | Bulletin Board

Professor Westman
106 English/ Counseling Services; 532-2171
Office Hours: T, U 8:00-9:00 a.m. and by app't
westmank@ksu.edu
When 1xbet online sports betting watch movies 1xbet online sports betting are so wrapped in the dark that 1xbet online sports betting can be persuaded to believe almost any nonsense. It's part of the fun of movies.... Live theatre is something very different. There is all that light coming from the stage. 1xbet online sports betting are never unaware of surrounding members of the audience, or of the fact that 1xbet online sports betting are observing actors impersonate other people. The result is that 1xbet online sports betting develop bifocal vision, which allows 1xbet online sports betting to appreciate both the fiction taking place on the stage and the skills of the people making it possible.
A performance is a spooky, ephemeral thing. Without 1xbet online sports betting , it doesn't exist. When it's over, it's gone. It's never to be repeated in quite the same way again, unlike movies and live-on-tape television that, being frozen in time, are essentially inert.
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times theater critic
Required Texts
Drama: A Pocket Anthology, edited by R.S. Gwynn (Longman)
Sophocles, Antigone, Trans. Richard Braun (Oxford)
Wilder, Three Plays (Harper Perennial)
Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (Signet)
Fugard, Master Harold . . and the Boys (Penguin)
Course Pack #1, #2, #3 (Available at A&S Copy Center in Eisenhower Hall on 1/20/05)


Course Description
This course 1xbet online sports betting explore how authors' dramatic forms and techniques allow their audiences to re-experience the world around them. As we read, discuss, write about, and consider the performance of their plays, we 1xbet online sports betting investigate how each play accomplishes its task through the cultural language of dialogue, props, costumes, theatrical tradition, and the relationship between actors and audience.


Course Objectives

Readings and Class Participation: Any literature course is a reading-intensive experience, so plan accordingly! 1xbet online sports betting are expected to complete each reading assignment before coming to class. 1xbet online sports betting are further expected to think carefully about what 1xbet online sports betting read and to make notes in the text prior to each class meeting. For each class, bring the appropriate book or xeroxes and additionally mark passages that we discuss; this process will help 1xbet online sports betting understand, remember, and review.
This class will be based on discussion, so class participation is expected and will count for 20% of your final grade. &1xbet online sports betting ;Class participation&1xbet online sports betting ; is not the same as just showing up and taking notes: you must be an active presence in the class. This grade, then, includes your contributions to our discussions in class (in large and small groups) and to our discussions on the Electronic Bulletin Board. I 1xbet online sports betting expect at least one posting a week from each student on the Electronic Bulletin Board; the guidelines and instructions for using the Bulletin Board appear on a separate handout.


Attendance: Obviously, 1xbet online sports betting can't participate effectively if 1xbet online sports betting aren't in class. Since the University requires that students attend all classes in which they are enrolled, there are no excused absences. If 1xbet online sports betting are absent for more than nine classroom hours -- that is, six (6) class periods -- 1xbet online sports betting will fail this class automatically. If 1xbet online sports betting are absent for more than two, 1xbet online sports betting jeopardize your final grade for the course. Excessive or repeated lateness will also jeopardize your final grade. If 1xbet online sports betting wish to receive a passing grade in this class, then, attendance is very important. Classroom work or homework assignments missed due to absence cannot be made up. If 1xbet online sports betting are absent, it is your responsibility to find out from another class member any announcements or assignments.


Quizzes/Response Papers: In most cases, 1xbet online sports betting will have a quiz or a response paper due each day we begin our discussion of a play. Quizzes and response papers are designed to test your knowledge of the reading assignments and the analytical skills we develop and practice during our discussions. The quizzes will consist of identifications and interpretive questions which will help 1xbet online sports betting improve your close reading skills and to evaluate your comprehension of the material; the response papers will be in response to a particular interpretative question. Quizzes and response papers will be graded on a scale of 1 to 5 points: 5=A, 4=B, 3=C, 2=D, 1=F. I will average the points at the end of the course after dropping the lowest grade. Should 1xbet online sports betting be absent on the day of a quiz or response paper, 1xbet online sports betting will receive a zero, unless the absence is excused.


Papers: 1xbet online sports betting will write only one paper (4-5 pages) in this class, given the other projects 1xbet online sports betting 'll be working on. If your paper is late, it will be penalized a full letter grade (i.e.: A to B) for each day it is late. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, with one inch margins (one page = 250 words); the pages should be spell-checked, proof-read, numbered, and stapled or paper-clipped together. Your name, my name, the date, and the type of assignment should appear in the upper-left hand corner of the first page.

A note on sources: a &1xbet online sports betting ;Works Cited&1xbet online sports betting ; page should accompany any assignment that refers to outside sources, and you should use the MLA method for documenting sources. When you turn in a paper, you pledge that the work is your own and that you have faithfully abided by the guidelines for documenting sources. The University's Honor Code obliges you to cite the source of any idea that is not your own. If you quote, paraphrase, or use another's ideas, you must give credit to the person whose ideas you are using. Otherwise, you have plagiarized. If you have any questions, please ask. If you do plagiarize, you will fail this course.


1xbet online sports betting Review: 1xbet online sports betting will write one performance review. The review will discuss the video-taped performance of one of the plays on our syllabus. Further information will follow shortly.


1xbet online sports betting Troupes: By the end of the first week, I will divide the class into performance troupes. Troupes work together to perform a scene (or scenes) from a play on the syllabus (about 10 minutes of performance). 1xbet online sports betting will meet outside of class with your troupe and, if needed, with me to prepare for your roles as directors, costumers, and actors. The troupe's in-class performance of the scene(s) as well as a written production review (a Director's Checklist and a Character Analysis) will count 15% towards your final grade for the course; please see the details following the schedule of classes.


Computing: Technology increasingly plays an important role in our academic and professional careers. Consequently, 1xbet online sports betting will be asked to participate in some different kinds of technology, including an Electronic Bulletin Board discussion and electronic resources for research. Our work with technology is designed not only as another forum for exploring our reading, but as a way for 1xbet online sports betting to sharpen your communication skills, media skills, and web skills for an increasingly technological age.
Electronic Bulletin Board: Beginning the first week of class, I'll establish an electronic bulletin board for our class. Each week, each student is required to post at least one paragraph-length comment about the materials we're studying in class. I will monitor these discussions and assess a grade (at the end of the semester) based on the thoughtfulness of your comments, their ability to foster discussion among your classmates, and their responsiveness both to our readings and to your classmates' comments in class and on the list. Your postings do not need to be long; however, they need to be substantive: they must be long enough to convey clearly the problem 1xbet online sports betting are taking up and your point of view, connecting your comment to others' comments whenever possible. I will offer models of helpful comments early in the semester. Your grade for these postings will become part of your class participation grade.

Email: I highly recommend email as a way of touching base with me about your work for the class - a kind of virtual office hours. 1xbet online sports betting can send me queries about reading or writing assignments, your thesis statement for an essay, or anything else that could be handled with a quick exchange of messages. I check my email in the morning before class, in the afternoon, and in the evening before 10pm.


Examination: 1xbet online sports betting will have a cumulative final exam. A missed exam counts as a zero; no make-up exams will be offered without a dean's excuse.


Conferences: I want 1xbet online sports betting to succeed in this course, and I am happy to meet with 1xbet online sports betting about your work and your progress. I encourage 1xbet online sports betting to see me before writing assignments are due, or if 1xbet online sports betting have questions about material we discuss in class. Please feel free to stop by during office hours (T, U 8:00-9:00 am), or contact me by phone or email to arrange a more convenient time to meet.


Note: If 1xbet online sports betting have any condition such as a physical or learning disability that will make it difficult for 1xbet online sports betting to carry out the work as I have outlined it or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me in the first two days of the course.

Grading:
Quizzes/Responses 20%
Class Participation 20%
In-class 10%
Postings 10%
Paper 15%
1xbet online sports betting Review 10%
1xbet online sports betting Troupe 15%
Final Exam 20%



Schedule of Classes (Subject to change.)

Note: The full text of the play should be read for the first day of discussion.
[CP1], [CP2], [CP3] = Course Packs.

January U 13
Introduction: Staging a Play
T 18
Gwynn, from &1xbet online sports betting ;Introduction&1xbet online sports betting ; (1-20)
Sophocles, Antigone (Quiz/Response #1)
Selected Online Resources for Antigone: &1xbet online sports betting ;Study Guide Questions,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;Selected Resources on Sophocles,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;Antigone's Age: How old was Antigone? ,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;Ismene - notes for a director or actress,&1xbet online sports betting ; and &1xbet online sports betting ;Creon: The Importance of Being Persuaded.&1xbet online sports betting ;
U 20
Antigone
T 25 Gwynn, &1xbet online sports betting ; Medieval Drama,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;Elizabethan Drama,&1xbet online sports betting ; and &1xbet online sports betting ;The Comic Genres&1xbet online sports betting ; (20-24); Read Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream [CP1]

Selected Online Resources for A Midsummer Night's Dream:

U 27
Midsummer
February T 1 Midsummer; 1xbet online sports betting Troupe #1
U 3
Midsummer; Historical Context for Midsummer [CP2] (Quiz/Response #2)
T 8 Background on Restoration theater [CP3]; Behn, The Rover, Acts I and II [CP3]

Selected online resources for The Rover:
U 10
The Rover, Acts III, IV, and V (Quiz/Response #3)
T 15
The Rover
U 17 The Rover; 1xbet online sports betting Troupe #2
T 22
Gwynn, &1xbet online sports betting ;Realistic Drama, the Modern Stage, and Beyond&1xbet online sports betting ; (24-25); &1xbet online sports betting ;Modern Drama&1xbet online sports betting ; (xeroxed handout); Ibsen's A Doll House (Gwynn 209-277) (Quiz/Response #4)
Selected online resources for A Doll House:
  • A brief biography of Ibsen, and a more detailed biography.
  • Some reading/discussion questions for A Doll House.
  • SparkNotes provides an analysis of the main characters and the themes, motifs, and symbols of Ibsen's A Doll House: Do 1xbet online sports betting agree with these interpretations? How would 1xbet online sports betting develop the interpretations further?
  • For information about Ibsen's writing of the play and the play's production history, visit &1xbet online sports betting ;Notes on A Doll's House,&1xbet online sports betting ; compiled in conjunction with Northern State University Theatre's 2003 production. 1xbet online sports betting can also view photos of the 1xbet online sports betting .
  • Pictures of Tara Fitzgerald as Nora in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company's 1xbet online sports betting of A Doll 's House. (Larger versions of the pictures ar available, too.)
  • A review of a minimialist 1xbet online sports betting staged at The Playhouse in Oxford, England in 2004.
  • &1xbet online sports betting ;ACT draws out sexual politics in 'Doll's House'&1xbet online sports betting ; offers a detailed review of a 1xbet online sports betting at the American Conservatory Theatre (San Fransico, CA) in January 2004.
U 24
A Doll House; &1xbet online sports betting ;Critical Context&1xbet online sports betting ; readings (xeroxed handout)
March T 1 A Doll House; 1xbet online sports betting Troupe #3
U 3
Glaspell, Trifles (Gwynn 278-292) (Quiz/Response #5)
Selected online resources for Trifles: A well-chosen series of links assembled at Web English Teacher on &1xbet online sports betting ;Susan Glaspell, Trifles.&1xbet online sports betting ;
T 8 Trifles; Glaspell, &1xbet online sports betting ;A Jury of Her Peers&1xbet online sports betting ; [CP2]; Working (draft) thesis claim for Paper #1 (1-2 sentences in length)
U 10
Wilder, &1xbet online sports betting ;Preface&1xbet online sports betting ; and The Skin of Our Teeth (Quiz/Response #6)
Selected online resources for The Skin of Our Teeth:
M 14 Paper due by 5 p.m. to my mailbox in ECS 119 (4 pages)
T 15
Skin of Our Teeth
U 17 Skin of Our Teeth; 1xbet online sports betting Troupe #4
T 22 No Class --
U 24 Spring Break
T 29
David Ives, Sure Thing (Gwynn 521-532); 1xbet online sports betting Troupe #5
Selected online resources for Sure Thing:
  • A series of study questions from Longman
  • A 1xbet online sports betting photo from a 1xbet online sports betting at Burlington County Community College, a photo from a 1xbet online sports betting by The Drama Group (Philadelphia, PA), and a photo of William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman performing Ives's one-act for the JAI Playwrights Conference (2004).
  • A brief biography of Ives from Bedford/St. Martin's
U 31 No Class -- Work on 1xbet online sports betting review
April T 5 Researching and drafting the 1xbet online sports betting review
U 7
Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (Quiz/Response #7)
Selected online resources for A Streetcar Named Desire:
  • A range of resources are available from the page created by the Hippodrome State Theater (Gainesville, FL), &1xbet online sports betting ;Tennesse Williams, The Playwright,&1xbet online sports betting ; including a biography and links to letters exchanged between Williams and the actress Jessica Tandy (who played Blanche in the NY premiere), discussion topics, and information about the poetic references in the play.
  • The Crossroads project for Streetcar at UVA provides information about and photos from the originial Broadway 1xbet online sports betting , the original film 1xbet online sports betting , and other productions, as well as links to information about Willliams and Streetcar.
  • A web page on Williams' play, assembled by two instructors, includes a definition of expressionism, detailed study questions, an image of the Van Gogh painting Williams refers to in his stage directions. (Try the Internet Archive version of this page, if it does not load.)
  • A discussion of the stage design for a recent 1xbet online sports betting of Streetcar in Washington, D.C.
  • A link to the transcript of a PBS discussion of the play in honor of its 50th anniversary.
  • The New York Times theater review (4 Dec 1947) of the play's opening 1xbet online sports betting (notable for what is left unsaid about Williams' themes).
  • A review of a 1xbet online sports betting in London at the Footlight Club in 2003 which praises the actress for her interpretation of Blanche.
  • A review of a 1xbet online sports betting in Croatia includes two 1xbet online sports betting photos showing the stage design as well as indicating the global reach of Williams' play.
  • Some 1xbet online sports betting photos from a 1xbet online sports betting which emphasized the role of light in its staging and interpretation of the play.
  • Some interesting cultural history about the play's creation and its most famous productions, as well as information about the Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest that takes place each spring in New Orleans.
T 12
Streetcar
U 14 Streetcar
F 15 Performance Review due by 5 p.m. to my mailbox in ECS119 (For guidance for citing sources -- especially online resources -- see &1xbet online sports betting ;Humanities: Documenting Sources.&1xbet online sports betting ;)
T 19
Wilson, Fences (Quiz/Response #8)
Selected online resources for Fences:
  • A detailed biography of Wilson with information about his plays.
  • A biography compiled by Dartmouth College in honor of Wilson's visit there in 1998.
  • The Arden Theater (Philadephia, PA) has a number of resources to supplement their current 1xbet online sports betting of Fences: a discussion of Wilson's play cycle, of which Fences is a part; a study guide; and a link to 1xbet online sports betting photos.
  • Dr. Sharon Sellers provides a series of discussion questions by character and themes. (Link courtesy of the Internet Archive.)
  • Professor Bill Dynes' &1xbet online sports betting ;Fences&1xbet online sports betting ; page has discussion questions and links to information about the Negro League.
  • View the art of Romare Bearden (1912-1988), whom Wilson has cited as an influence on his own art: &1xbet online sports betting ;Family&1xbet online sports betting ; (1988), &1xbet online sports betting ;Home Time&1xbet online sports betting ; (1970), &1xbet online sports betting ;Roots Odyssey&1xbet online sports betting ; (1976), &1xbet online sports betting ;Alto Composite&1xbet online sports betting ; (1974), and &1xbet online sports betting ;Piano Lesson&1xbet online sports betting ;(1983), as well as a photo of Bearden.
  • View archival photos of African Americans during WWII, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
  • 1xbet online sports betting photos from a 1xbet online sports betting by the Curious Theater Company in 2001.
  • Information about a current 1xbet online sports betting of Fences at the Port City Playhouse (Alexandria, VA), which includes links to reviews of the 1xbet online sports betting . Note, too, the image they've chosen to advertise and represent the play.
  • 1xbet online sports betting photos from a 1xbet online sports betting of Fences in 2003 by Michigan State University Theater. Note the image they have selected to advertise and present the play.
U 21 Fences; Historical and cultural context readings (xerox)
T 26
Fences
U 28
Fugard, &1xbet online sports betting ;Master Harold&1xbet online sports betting ;...and the Boys (Quiz/Response #9)
Selected online resources for &1xbet online sports betting ;Master Harold&1xbet online sports betting ;...and the Boys:
May T 3
&1xbet online sports betting ;Master Harold&1xbet online sports betting ;...and the Boys
U 5
Review for Final Exam
W 11
Final Exam: Short Answer and Essay, 2:00-3:50 p.m.

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