THTR 321

History of Modern Theatre, 1700 to the Early Twentieth Century (3,0,0) 3 credits

There will be examination of selected major theatrical figures and movements from the Enlightenment to the early twentieth century, as they represent and comment upon their particular cultures. We will also study theoretical concepts such as modernism and postmodernism as they derive from and inform the study of theatre in its sociocritical context.