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ENGLISH
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ENG
203W - Critical
Approaches to Drama
Four Quarter Hours
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PREREQUISITES:
Students
must have completed one of the following: ENG 151, 152, 153A
or B.
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COURSE
OVERVIEW: This
course contains an overview of drama from the ancient Greeks
through the 1960s. Objectives indicated by the professor are
as follows: (1) To develop the ability to read and appreciate
dramatic literature and to communicate clearly that ability
and appreciation in writing, (2) To introduce the student
to the formal study of drama and the critical tools for analysis,
(3) To achieve familiarity with seven specific plays, (4)
To change or develop the student's interest in the study of
drama, (5) To change or develop the student's attitudes or
values.
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METHODS
OF COURSE INSTRUCTION:
All material for this course is web-based. Instructor and
students communicate and exchange materials through e-mail.
All assignments are submitted through the course website.
Examinations cannot be taken by e-mail.
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TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN 0140440674
Aeschylus, Agamemnon, in The Oresteian Trilogy, trans.
P. Vellacott, NY: Penguin Books, Inc., 1956
ISBN 0300101058 Shakespeare, William, Hamlet,
Yale University, 2003
ISBN 0192834533 Webster, John, The Duchess of
Malfi and Other Plays, (Rene Weis, ed.), Oxford University
Press, 1998
ISBN 0521565812 Wycherley, William, The Country
Wife, Bush, Ken, ed., Cambridge University Press, 1997
ISBN 014044016X Ibsen, Henrik, The Wild Duck,
in Hedda Gabler and Other Plays, NAL-Viking
ISBN 0451158717 Albee, Edward, Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?, New York, NY: Signet, NAL
ISBN 0802132758 Stoppard, Tom, Rosencrantz
& Guildenstern Are Dead, New York, NY: Grove Press,
1967
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
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ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| NUMBER OF LESSONS: There are nine lessons, including a midcourse and a final examination. |
| TYPES
OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
There will be questions to answer based on the plays. Answers
to the questions should be derived from the student's own conclusions,
based on a close reading of the literary "evidence." Remember
that individual opinion is more important and that the student
will be judged on how well he or she makes a case for beliefs
held. The written assignments should be a good review for the
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EXAMINATIONS:
There
will be two-hour, supervised midcourse and final examinations.
The midcourse will include work covered to that point, while
the final will cover work from the entire course, although concentrating
on plays studied since the midcourse examination.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. | | GRADING CRITERIA: The student's work for the course will be evaluated according to the grade on the regular lessons, and the two examinations. However, the examination grades will count slightly more than the regular lessons. | | ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Five months to finish.
Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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Tel: 1-800-444-2910
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