Body, Voice, Text: Theater and the Transmission of Experience
SPAN 276
Fall 2017
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01
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| Crosslisting:
THEA 276, LAST 276 |
Theater can and does exist as a written text, but we all know that its existence on the page is meant as a precursor to its live performance out in the world. In this course, our approach to a series of Latin American plays will be informed by competing notions of the theater as both a field of academic inquiry (built on reading, study, research, and interpretation) and also as an art form (built on reading, rehearsal, repetition, direction, and interpretation). We will combine traditional academic study of the written dramatic text with theater workshop exercises meant to train actors for the delivery of the staged performance text. Students will thus gain an understanding of how academic study and and workshop rehearsal take different approaches to what is essentially the same goal/problem: how to interpret the text written by the dramatist, whether for meaning or performance. This course will be taught in Spanish. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HISP)(LAST)(RMST)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Diana Taylor & Marcela Fuentes, ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS DE PERFORMANCE
Augusto Boal, EL TEATRO DEL OPRIMIDO
Elena Garro, UN HOGAR SOLIDO
Emilio Carballido, YO TAMBIEN HABLO DE LA ROSA
Egon Wolff, FLORES DE PAPEL
Griselda Gambaro, INFORMACION PARA EXTRANJEROS
Osvaldo Dragún, HISTORIAS PARA SER CONTADAS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class participation (30%), 500-700 word written reflections for every class (20%), 1 oral presentation (10%), 1 group presentation (20%), 1 performance monologue (20%) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
SPAN 276 is intended for students who have completed SPAN 221 with a B- or better. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering. Readings, written assignments, and class discussions will be in Spanish. Only COL students may take this course CR/U. Reading and writing are the best ways for adult learners to improve their spoken Spanish. You will therefore improve all of your language skills in this course. |
| Instructor(s): Treme,Matthew James Times: ..T.... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 9 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 2 | FR: 1 |
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