Spring 2008 Advance Course Information

This information effective for spring 2008. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.

Theater Arts

[THEA-100M]

100M. Modern European Drama.

Instructor: Kimberly Jannarone
Office: J16 Theater Arts
Hours: Tues, Wed 11-12
Phone: 9-3490
E-mail: kmj@cats.ucsc.edu

Class Meetings: MW 12-1:45, 2nd Stage

Course Description

This course will introduce you to a variety of dramatic works of the twentieth-century, giving you a foundation of significant works in different styles and from different cultural and political moments.  We will, through discussions and assignments, expand your abilities to read theatrical texts analytically and imaginatively.

Required Texts
at Bay Tree Bookstore (also on reserve at McHenry)

Many of these books can be found locally at reduced prices at used book stores such as The Literary Guillotine and Logos.

• Spring's Awakening, Frank Wedekind
• Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry
• Nine Plays of the Modern Theater, ed. Clurman (NP)
• The Broadview Anthology of Drama, Volume 2, ed. Jennifer Wise
• Fefu and Her Friends, Maria Irene Fornes (limited copies; can also use eRes)
• True West, Sam Shepard
• Venus, Suzan Lori-Parks
• Angels in America, Part I, Tony Kushner
• Course Reader (R)

These texts are available online, eRes (password: "theater"):

• Fefu and Her Friends, Maria Irene Fornes
• Essays by Suzan Lori-Parks

Films on Reserve at McHenry Film and Video

• Beckett on Film
• Angels in America
• Un Chien Andalou, Dalí and Buñuel

Assignments

• Attendance, Participation, Weekly papers (35%)

Attendance and participation is mandatory.  Weekly one-page papers are due every Monday.

• Paper (5-7pp) (20%)

The aim of the paper is to extend and deepen some aspect of the material covered this quarter.  I will provide some paper prompts.  If you have another idea for a paper, you must clear it with me first.

• Theater Review (2pp) (10%)

The aim of the review is to expand your ability to critically engage with live performance.  It will cover one Theater Arts production.  Guidelines for writing a review will be distributed in section.

• Final Examination (35%)

The exam will include identifications, short answers, and an essay.

Academic Integrity

The official UCSC policy governing Academic Integrity is available at http://www.ucsc.edu/academics/academic_integrity/. Suspected cases of plagiarism or other cheating will be handled strictly according to those policies.  If you have any questions about what exactly constitutes plagiarism, please read the website and talk to me.

Academic Accommodations

Students with conditions that may necessitate an academic accommodation must initiate the request with the Disability Resource Center.

The UCSC Disability Resource Center can be contacted at:

146 Hahn Student Services
http://www2.ucsc.edu/drc/
831/459-2089
TTY 831/459-4806
drc@cats.ucsc.edu

Schedule

All reading assignments are due on the day indicated on the syllabus.

March 31 Mon         Overview and background: The Modern Era
April 2 Wed             Spring's Awakening, Frank Wedekind

April 7 Mon             The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov (BV)
April 9 Wed             Uncle Tom's Cabin, Beecher/Stowe (BV)

April 14 Mon           "The Tragical in Everyday Life" and The Intruder, Maurice Maeterlinck (R)
April 16 Wed           Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry
Guests:                     Pataphysical symposium

April 21 Mon           Italian Futurist plays and manifestos (R)
April 23 Wed           The Gas Heart, Tristan Tzara (R)
                                 dada manifestos (R)
                                 The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower, Jean Cocteau (R)
Film Screening:        Un Chien Andalou, Dalí and Buñuel

April 28 Mon           Ghost Sonata, August Strindberg (BV)
April 30 Wed           Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams  (BV)

May 5 Mon              Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett (NP)
Film Screening:        shorts by Beckett
May 7 Wed              Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Tom Stoppard (NP)

May 12 Mon            Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Witold Gombrowicz (R)
May 14 Wed            True West, Sam Shepard
Due:                         paper #1

May 19 Mon            Fefu and Her Friends, Maria Irene Fornes (eRes)
May 21 Wed            Machinal, Sophie Treadwell

May 26 Mon            HOLIDAY
May 28 Wed            Venus, Suzan Lori-Parks
                                 essays by Suzan Lori-Parks (eRes)

June 2 Mon              Angels in America, Part I, Tony Kushner
Guest speaker:          Danny Scheie
June 4 Wed              Angels in America, Part I, Tony Kushner
Film Screening:        Angels in America
Due:                         theater review

Wenesday, June 11 7:30-10-:30pm
Final Exam

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