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EL 316W | American Drama Since 1900<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Useful Links<\/strong>: Course OneDrive Wiki<\/a> (NEW for 2025!), Blackboard<\/a>
Necessary Link<\/strong>: Etiquette for attending a virtual class: here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1<\/a> – Week 2<\/a> – Week 3<\/a> – Week 4<\/a> – Week 5<\/a> – Week 6<\/a> – Week 7<\/a> – Week 8<\/a> – Week 9<\/a> – Week 10<\/a> – Week 11<\/a> – Week 12<\/a> – Week 13<\/a> – Week 14<\/a> – Week 15 & Final<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am Lit eTexts and Helpful Sites<\/strong>: Here<\/a>
Overview of Authors<\/strong>: Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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American Drama Since 1900 <\/strong>examines a variety of plays written and produced since 1900, with particular attention to how direction, staging, and performance factors should affect our readings of dramatic texts. It\u2019s been a rich century-plus in American drama, so the course can\u2019t claim to be a comprehensive survey, but we will consider, as we go, how trends in American drama coincide with trends in American fiction. The course will challenge you to think not only about what might conceivably (and appropriately) be done with a play but also about what choices are most justifiable based on a close reading of the text itself. It will also ask you to consider how the reading and analysis of dramatic literature differs from the reading and analysis of other kinds of texts. What are the special affordances and demands of dramatic texts as a form? How is reading a play unlike reading fiction or poetry? How is it is it very much like reading fiction and poetry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assignments and Scores to Anticipate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n