WGS-340 Women on Stage
Examines the history of female portrayal on the, Western stage including women in Shakespeare and, other early modern plays (when female characters, were played by men); in Restoration comedy; the, works of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw; and, 20th and 21st century depictions of women on, stage, including in the works of authors such as, Lillian Hellman, Lorraine Hansberry, Caryl, Churchill, Paula Vogel, Suzan-Lori Parks, Rebecca, Gilman, and Sarah Ruhl. Students develop, familiarity with key concepts in performance, theory including catharsis, Brecht's alienation, effect, and the distinction between performance, and the performative.