America in Prison: Theater Behind Bars
THEA 115
Spring 2022
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Service Learning |
This course will give students the opportunity to study theater as a tool for social activism and to apply that knowledge to practical work in institutions that are part of the American criminal justice system. No previous experience in theater is necessary. Students will be encouraged to use their own skills in music, art, and drama as they devise ways to use the arts as catalysts for individual and social transformation.
This counts as an Expanded Field of Theater course for the Theater Major. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Practicum | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(CIVI-MN)(HRAD-MN)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ferguson, Robert, INFERNO: AN ANATOMY OF AMERICAN PUNISHMENT
Alighieri, Dante, INFERNO
Alexander, Michelle, THE NEW JIM CROW
Boal, Agosto, THE THEATER OF THE OPPRESSED
Foucault, Michel, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH
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Examinations and Assignments:
Students will have the opportunity to create collaborative performance projects in local prisons and/or forensic hospitals. Pedagogical principles will be based on the theater techniques of Augusto Boal. Collaboratively devised performance scripts will be adapted from classical literature (Shakespeare, Dante, ancient Greek drama, etc.) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Jenkins,Ronald S. Times: ..T.... 06:00PM-09:00PM; Location: TST101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 7 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 1 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 1 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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