FREN 4740 20th-Century Drama

FREN 4740 20th-Century Drama
20th-Century Drama
An exploration of French theater writing and practice from the turn-of-the-century avant-garde through the new theater forms invented across the century, including the so-called Theater of the Absurd, film scenarios, and post-modern. Readings include works by Jarry, Artaud, Cocteau, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Duras, and Cixous.
Notes: A writing practicum is available. French majors may use it to fulfill the college intensive-writing requirement.
Pre-requistites: 3000-level or equivalent.
credit hours: 3