DRAM 110 A-Z - Special Topics in Drama

Semester Hours: 1-4

Seminars on selected aspects of theater: study of movements, ideas, individual artists and playwrights or exploration of significant performance or production techniques such as mime, Commedia dell’arte, constructivism, touring theater.

Current Special Topics

DRAM 110A (01), CRN 23695: Identity, Community and Conflict: Search for Meaning and Justice in a Fractured World

(Sophomore Global Problem Seminar)
We live in an increasingly polarized society, both at home, and on the global stage. Extremist political movements are challenging democratic norms; egalitarian moral values are being undermined by a resurgent nationalism and nativism; and religion, which many turn to as a source of unity and comfort, often contributes to the sense that we are living in a fractured and broken world. How can one make sense of this? How does one find meaning at such a time? Is it possible to create just communities in the midst of such political tribalism?
This interdisciplinary course (philosophy, religion, drama) will explore these topics through an integration of philosophic material with a deep reading and performance (including student in-class performances/readings) of the dramatic texts.
Cross-listed with RELI 141I (A), CRN 23811.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly 110.)