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Minor Concentration English - Drama and Theatre (18 credits)

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Offered by: English     Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Program Requirements

The Minor Concentration English - Drama and Theatre may be expanded to the Major Concentration English - Drama and Theatre.

For the most up-to-date information on Department requirements and detailed course descriptions, please see the English Department Handbook at .

Required Courses (6 credits)

  • ENGL 230 Introduction to Theatre Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : An introduction to dramatic literature, text analysis, textual and performance theory, and theatre history.

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Oberer, Karen (Fall)

    • Fall
  • ENGL 269 Introduction to Performance (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : The focus of this course is on the actor as communicator, and on those things (material, physical, and textual) which are inescapably central to the theatrical performance.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Selkirk, Myrna Wyatt; Truchanowicz, Elizabeth (Winter)

    • Winter
    • Restriction: Permission of instructor required.
    • Open to Drama and Theatre Majors

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

12 credits selected as described below.

Theatre History Courses

3 credits from a list of courses in Theatre History:

Drama and Theatre Courses Before 1900

3 credits from a list of courses in Drama and Theatre before 1900.

Drama and Theatre Option's Offerings - Additional Courses

6 additional credits from the option's offerings.

This category includes all the courses listed above except required courses, as well as the courses listed below.

Note: Any English course not on the lists specifically for the Drama and Theatre option - such as unlisted courses in Cultural Studies - may not count towards the Drama and Theatre program. Please consult a departmental advisor for guidance on course choices.

Drama and Theatre - Courses of Interest - Other Departments

Permission to count extra-departmental credits must be obtained in advance of taking any course from outside the Department of English. Students are normally permitted to count 3 credits from other departments towards their Drama & Theatre Minor. Permission is obtained with the signature of a Department of English program advisor on the student's program audit sheet.

This list comprises courses in other departments that might be accepted by an advisor for credit towards the student's Drama and Theatre program. This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2010-2011.

There might be other courses in the Faculty of Arts for which a student could receive Drama and Theatre program credit. A student who has identified a course not noted below, should show their program adviser the course syllabus in advance and, if he or she agrees, get the adviser's initialled approval of the course on their program audit sheet. The Department requires a complete signed audit sheet in the student's file in Arts 155 in order to process the file for graduation.

Included in the list are courses taught in languages other than English and courses that have prerequisites.

*Note: The courses in the list below with an asterisk ("*") have an historical dimension and may count toward this program requirement. Other courses could count toward the "option's offerings" component of the program.

  • EAST 464 Image, Text, Performance (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Drawing on theoretical approaches from a variety of media studies, including cinema, performance and performativity, and elsewhere, this course looks at cultural production in premodern and modern Japan. Topics to be addressed range from calligraphy and writing, to theatre, and film.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of the instructor
  • HISP 324 20th Century Drama (3 credits) *

    Offered by: 0106 (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Hispanic Studies (Arts) : Satirical drama and theatre of social protest. Literatura comprometida. García Lorca and Casona; Buero Vallejo, Sastre, Olmo, Muñiz, Arrabal and others.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Fall
    • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor. Note: Course taught in Spanish.
  • ITAL 330 Commedia Dell'Arte (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Italian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Italian (Arts) : Playhouses, actors, stage techniques, masks and scenarios of the "Commedia dell'Arte".

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Fall
    • Given in Italian
    • Prerequisite: ITAL 215D1/ITAL 215D2, ITAL 216, or equivalent
  • MUAR 387 The Opera (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Faculty of Arts

    Overview

    Music-Arts Faculty : A survey of opera from c.1600 to the present. Opera as ritual, opera as spectacle, opera as catharsis, opera as business, opera and its literary models. The continuing relevance of the operatic experience today.

    Terms: Winter 2011

    Instructors: Lawton, Richard (Winter)

    • 3 hours
    • Prerequisite: MUAR 201 or MUAR 211
  • PHIL 242 Introduction to Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Philosophy : An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Fall)

  • PSYC 212 Perception (3 credits)

    Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Psychology : Perception is the organization of sensory input into a representation of the environment. Topics include: survey of sensory coding mechanisms (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory), object recognition, spatial localization, perceptual constancies and higher level influences.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Zangenehpour, Shahin (Fall) Zangenehpour, Shahin (Winter) Zangenehpour, Shahin (Summer)

    • 2 lectures; 1 conference
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