THEA 245 Western Theatre History and Literature II

3 semester hours

The history of world theatre from the eighteenth century to the present. The theatre and other performing arts traditions are viewed as a prism of social concerns, anxieties, and aspirations, in particular, historical settings: The Age of Enlightenment; the American, French, and Industrial Revolutions; the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century; the period of the World Wars, the world-wide Great Depression, and the Cold War; the end of colonialism, the rise of the Third World, and the flourishing of diversity.

Offered in the Spring semester.

University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives; Flag: Writing.