Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: WRTG 2010 OR HONOR 2211.
Requirement Designation:
Upper Division Communication/Writing
Description
Meets with THEA 3725. Theatre Core Requirement. This is the first semester in a two-semester course tracing the history of theatre and performance in societies all over the globe. Through lectures, discussions, and readings students explore the unique problems of studying history of a transitory art form; examine possible origins of theatre; study relationship between societies and their theatres from 500 BCE through 1650 CE. Students conduct individual research and produce papers discussing their findings.