English 105:
Syllabus & Texts

  Text: The text selected for this course is Drama: Classical to Contemporary (Revised Edition), edited by John C. Coldewey and W.R. Streitberger (Prentice-Hall, 2001). While you can find the individual dramas elsewhere, the textbook contains supplementary critical and theoretical readings as well as introductory material and a glossary of terms. The reading assignments will draw on all areas of the textbook, so plan on purchasing it.

Syllabus:

April 1 Introduction/Overview
3 Background
5 Glaspell, Trifles (1-16)

8 Greek background (17-22; 127-130))
10 Sophocles, Oedipus (49-70)
12 Aristotle, Poetics, etc. (118-127; 134-144)

15 to Neoclassicism (164-174; 222-229; 454-262)
17 Racine, Phaedra (486-507)
19 Racine

22 Modern Introduction (568-76; 801-810; 1102-07)
24 Norman, 'Night, Mother (1212-1232)
26 Tragedy/Comedy (416-26; 555-560; 1085-1088; 1401-04)

29 Aristophanes, Lysistrata (96-117)
May 1 Aristophanes **2 Questions Due
3 Comedy, cont. (547-551)

6 Wilde, …Earnest (730-757)
8 Wilde
10 Review **3 more Questions Due

13 MIDTERM
15 Realism (765-784)
17 Ibsen, Hedda Gabler (576-612)

20 Ibsen
22 Anti-Realism; Brecht (1059-71; 1088-93))
24 Brecht, Mother Courage (863-896)

27 HOLIDAY, no class
29 Modern dramatic realism (1399-1401) **PAPER DUE
31 Hansberry, Raisin in the Sun (1020-1058)

June 3 Hansberry
5 Hansberry
7 Review

Finals Week: Weds. June 12th, 12-2 pm