THE 2300: DRAMATIC LITERATURE

CLASS SCHEDULE

Day Date Class Activity

M 1/7 Introduction/Syllabus/Class format

W 1/9 What is Art?

F 1/11 What is Art?/ Intro to the Poetics

M 1/14 The Poetics: The Elements of Drama

W 1/16 The Poetics: The Elements of Drama

F 1/18 The Poetics: The Elements of Drama

M 1/21 OFF: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

W 1/23 The Poetics: The Elements of Drama

F 1/25 The Poetics: The Elements of Drama

M 1/28 Test 1

W 1/30 Background: Ibsen & Realism

F 2/1 Background: Ibsen & Realism

M 2/4 A Doll' s House: Acts I & II

W 2/6 A Doll's House: Act III/Essay

F 2/8 Wrap up A Doll's House

M 2/11 Background Chekhov and Psychological Realism

W 2/13 Background Chekhov and Psychological Realism

F 2/15 The Cherry Orchard: Acts I & II

M 2/18 The Cherry Orchard: Acts III& IV

W 2/20 The Cherry Orchard

F 2/22 Wrap-upThe Cherry Orchard

M 2/25 Test 2

W 2/27 Background Symbolism

F 2/29 Background Symbolism

M 3/3 The Intruder--read in class

W 3/5 The Intruder/The Cherry Orchard in class essay (SETC)

F 3/7 Catch-up TBA (SETC)

M 3/10 The Long Christmas Dinner--in class video

W 3/12 Rider's To the Sea--read in class

F 3/14 Background Pirandello and "The Isms"

CLASS SCHEDULE

Day Date Class Activity

M 3/17 OFF: Spring Break

W 3/19 OFF: Spring Break

F 3/21 OFF: Spring Break

M 3/24 Six Characters in Search of An Author: Acts I & II

W 3/26 Six Characters in Search of An Author: Act III

F 3/28 Test 3

M 3/31 Background Williams, Miller and Poetic realism

W 4/2 Death of a Salesman Act I: overview

F 4/4 Death of a Salesman: Act II/requiem

M 4/7 Death of a Salesman: "Tragedy and the Common

Man"

W 4/9 Death of a Salesman: wrap-up

F 4/11 Background Absurdism

M 4/14 The Lesson: Ionesco & The senseless cycle

W 4/16 Samuel Beckett & Waiting for Godot

F 4/18 Endgame: Beckett and the futility of meaning

M 4/21 Wrap-up Absurdism

W 4/23 Master Harold & the Boys: Contemporary trends

F 4/25 Wrap up Master Harold & the Boys

M 4/28 Test 4