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Undergraduate Course Details
Number ENL 282
Title World Drama
Credits 3.0
Distribution DI/V
Prerequisites ENG102, ENL 102, ENG102E, ENL102ESL, ENG103, ENL 103, ENG106H, or ENL106H

Description

A multicultural study of such topics as African and Native American ritual drama, medieval English drama, Sanskrit drama (India), Roman drama, Yan drama (China), Commedia Dell'Arte (Italy), and Noh, Kyogon, Kabuki, and Bunrako drama (Japan), the religious, cultural, and intellectual forces that helped to create and advance world drama, and the similarities and differences between Western and Eastern drama. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG255.