Ibsen, Shaw, and the Play of Ideas
ENGL 233
Fall 2008
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01
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This course is an intensive study of selected works by two of the greatest figures in modern drama whose careers remarkably parallel and intersect with each other. Shaw wrote the first book on Ibsen in English, and the two together were pathbreakers in transforming 19th-century theatrical entertainment into 20th-century dramatic literature. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ibsen: BRAND, PEER GYNT, A DOLL HOUSE, GHOSTS, THE WILD DUCK, HEDDA GABLER and others.
Shaw: ARMS AND THE MAN, MAJOR BARBARA, PYGMALION, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, SAINT JOAN, selected Prefaces, and THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers -- one on Ibsen, one on Shaw, one on both. About 20 pages of writing. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Strict attendance policy. This course fulfills the English department's research option requirement for senior thesis writers. |
| Instructor(s): Turco,Alfred Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
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