Courses

The study of Don Quixote as the first modern and postmodern novel. Students will learn the disciplinary norms of reading literature, including both close reading and contemporary approaches to literary and cultural theory.

The study of Don Quixote as the first modern and postmodern novel. Students will learn the disciplinary norms of reading literature, including both close reading and contemporary approaches to literary and cultural theory.

The study of Don Quixote as the first modern and postmodern novel. Students will learn the disciplinary norms of reading literature, including both close reading and contemporary approaches to literary and cultural theory.

A close study of the author's life, major works, and their influence on Russian literature. Lectures and readings in English.

A hands-on creative drama workshop. How to use theatre techniques in the teaching of various subjects at any level. No previous experience necessary.

British drama from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 to 1800, covering genres such as the heroic drama and comedy of intrigue of the Restoration, the sentimental comedy and tradesmen’s tragedy of mid-century, and the comedy of situation and wit of the late Georgian period. Writers may include Dryden, Wycherley, Behn, Congreve, Steele, Lillo, Gay, Goldsmith, and Sheridan.

A study of plays of the latter part of the nineteenth century and the greater part ofthe twentieth, with emphasis on production theory and the development of representative styles of drama. Not open to students who have completed DRAM 203.

A study of plays from the late twentieth century to the present; particular emphasison performance, theory, and the development of representative styles of contemporary drama. Not open to students who have completed DRAM 204.

The intersections of science and theatre since the Renaissance. An investigation of the ways in which Western theatre has examined the nature of science, and the social, cultural, ethical, psychological and aesthetic implications of scientific methods and discoveries.

A hands-on studio course which introduces a visual vocabulary by working from nature through observation and imagination, including the human figure. A variety of drawing materials will be used. This course has an M&T Fee. For more info visit: http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JU9F