American Drama 565-01

Reading Schedule

WEEK ONE

Aug.25--Introduction.

Aug.27--History of American Theater (online),and Introduction, Plays by American Women, ix-xii.

Anna Cora Mowatt, Fashion, Acts I-II (online).

Aug.29--Anna Cora Mowatt, Fashion, Acts III-V (online).

WEEK TWO

Sep. 01--LABOR DAY HOLIDAY (no class)

Sep. 03--George Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Acts I-II (online).

Browse through this background material (online): Uncle Tom's Cabin Onstage and "Characteristics of Melodrama" at the George Aiken links.

Sep. 05--George Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Acts III-IV (online).

WEEK THREE

Sep. 08--George Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Acts V-VI (online).

Sep. 10--Introduction, Plays by American Women, xviii-xxi.
Susan Glaspell, Trifles  in Plays by American Women
Browse "Characteristics of a Well-Made Play" at the Susan Glaspell links

Sep. 12--Introduction, Plays by American Women,xxv-xxvii.
Georgia Douglas Johnson, Plumes in Plays by American Women

WEEK FOUR

Sep. 15--Introduction, Plays by American Women, xxviii-xxix.
Sophie Treadwell, Machinal in Plays by American Women
Browse through our Expressionist Art Gallery web page.

Sep. 17--Sophie Treadwell, Machinal in Plays by American Women
TAKE-HOME EXAM ASSIGNED. Due Mon., Sep. 22.

Sep. 19--Sophie Treadwell, Machinal in Plays by American Women

WEEK FIVE

Sep. 22--TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE (No class). Turn in hard copy to my office (GH 450), my mailbox (in English Dept.), or email it to me as an attached .doc.

Sep. 24--"The Bigger the Lie" in The Children's Hour, 3-5.
Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour

Sep. 26--Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour
Skim this short history of Hellman's play: Children's Hour.

WEEK SIX

Sep. 29--Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty

Oct. 01--Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty

Oct. 03--Afterward, in The Skin of Our Teeth, 123-33.
Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth

WEEK SEVEN

Oct. 06--Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth (video selections)

Oct. 08--Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth

Oct. 10--Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth (video selections)

WEEK EIGHT

Oct. 13--Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth
Read Tragic Hero: Classical Definition and Miller's essay Tragedy and the Common Man.

Oct. 15--Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

Oct. 17--Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
TAKE-HOME EXAM ASSIGNED. Due Wed., Oct. 22.

WEEK NINE

Oct. 20--Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

Oct. 22--TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE (no class). Turn in hard copy to my office (GH 450) or my mailbox (in English Dept.), or email it to me as an attached .doc.

Oct. 24--FALL BREAK (no class).

WEEK TEN

Oct. 27--Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
PAPER 1 ASSIGNED. Due Wed., Nov. 5.

Oct. 29--Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (video selection).

Oct. 31--Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

WEEK ELEVEN

Nov. 03--Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (video selection)

Nov. 05--Tennessee Williams, Streetcar Named Desire
PAPER 1 DUE.

Nov. 07--Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night
PAPER 2 ASSIGNED. Due Mon., Nov. 17.

WEEK TWELVE

Nov. 10--Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night (video selection)

Nov. 12--Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night

Nov. 14--Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night (video selection)

WEEK THIRTEEN

Nov. 17--Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night
PAPER 2 DUE.

Nov. 19--Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun.

Nov. 21--Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (video selection)

WEEK FOURTEEN

Nov. 24--Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun.

Nov. 26--THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (no class)

Nov. 28--THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (no class)

WEEK FIFTEEN

Dec. 01--Edward Albee, The Zoo Story in Two Plays by Edward Albee

Dec. 03--Suzann Lori Parks, The America Play in The America Play and Other Works

Dec. 05--Suzann Lori Parks, The America Play

WEEK SIXTEEN

Dec. 08--David Hwang, M. Butterfly.

Dec. 10--David Hwang, M. Butterfly.
TAKE-HOME EXAM ASSIGNED. Due Dec. 15 or 16.

Dec. 12--David Hwang, M. Butterfly.

FINAL TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE: Mon., Dec. 15 or Tues, Dec. 16. NO CLASS. Turn in hard copy to my office (GH 450) or my mailbox (in English Dept.), or email it to me as an attached .doc.

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