PATH 280 ACTING I (3)
Four hours lecture/activity per week
Exercises and activities that emphasize voice, movement, and relaxation techniques. Includes improvisation, monologues, and two-character scenes.
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PATH 281 PLAY ANALYSIS (3) [top]
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Introduces students to the analytical tools used by theatre professionals and provides practice in applying those tools to a variety of scripts. Studies in dramatic structure and its relationship to performance and production.
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PATH 332 TEACHING DRAMATIC LITERATURE (3) [top]
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 105 or equivalent plus one upper division literature course
This course will explore methods and approaches to teaching dramatic literature in secondary schools and colleges.The focus will be on elements of textual exploration and using heuristics from theatre to teach dramatic literature, including but not exclusively Shakespeare's plays.
Same as ENGL 332
GenEd: C2,Interdisciplinary
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PATH 333 MULTICULTURAL DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE/PRODUCTION (3) [top]
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
America is a country of many cultures, and each of these has brought legacies of its roots to the American stage. In this course we will read plays written by Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans and others. We will also stage mini-productions of one or more of those plays.
Same as ENGL 333
GenEd: C2,C3B,Interdisciplinary
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PATH 380 ACTING II (3) [top]
Four hours lecture/activity per week
Prerequisite: PATH 280
Emphasizes character work and contemporary acting theories. Includes performance of scenes from contemporary multicultural plays.
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PATH 382 DIRECTING (3) [top]
Four hours lecture/activity per week
Prerequisites: PA 101, PA 202, PATH 281
Introduction to techniques and practice of directing stage plays. Students direct scenes and one-acts.
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PATH 410 SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS (3) [top]
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or equivalent and one upper division literature course
Study of the many aspects of Shakespeare's plays as literature--language, context, form and style--as well as the ways in which these elements work as parts of a whole, which includes spoken speech and other sounds as well as physical form and movement.
Same as ENGL 410
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PATH 412 DRAMA OF ANCIENT GREECE (3) [top]
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or equivalent and one upper division literature course
A survey of ancient Greek drama and the culture/society that produced it. The course will examine a representative sample of the major plays. Among the topics considered will be: the tragic and comic festivals, tragedy's relationship with Athenian democracy, the nature of Greek theaters and ancient theatrical production techniques, religion and drama, women and tragedy, tragic and comic heroism, myth and tragedy, and the legacy of Greek tragedy in the modern world.
Same as ENGL 412
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PATH 444 ORIGINAL PRACTICE IN RENAISSANCE DRAMA (3) [top]
Three hours lecture per week
In this class, students will learn about the theaters of the Renaissance, the playwrights whose plays were performed in them, and explore the differences that occur when the plays are performed in a venue resembling those of the original Rose, Blackfriars and Globe theaters.
Same as ENGL 444
GenEd: C2,Interdisciplinary