THETR 461:
Class Schedule
CLASS MEETS: Tuesday, Thursday 02:45- 04:00 PM, Modern Theatre
1/26 T
In Class:
Introductions and schedules, grading, syllabus, expectations
How to read a play
Riders to the Sea
Home:
Read Riders to the Sea
RIDERS TO THE SEA
1/28 TH
Due:
Riders to the Sea Read
In Class:
Read aloud and discuss Riders to the Sea. Discuss how reading aloud is different from reading text.
Given Circumstances—what is known and how to find out what is not known.
Home:
Read Riders to the Sea again
Description of Given Circumstances w/ research paper
2/1 M Last day to Add/Register
2/2 T
Due:
Description of given circumstances w/ research
In Class:
Discuss given circumstances and share research.
Structure—Story and plot; Stasis/ Disruption (Intrusion); Action
Point of view (yours)—your understanding of the characters' feelings about their experiences and their application to the playwright's intent.
Visual imagery and metaphor—the imagery the playwright employs in order to evoke a sense of place, character, and psychological state.
The World of the Play paper
Home:
Watch: Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBIogLNFkV8&feature=emb_logo
ROUGH The World of the Play paper
2/4 TH
Due:
Questions about The World of the Play paper
In Class:
Share some questions about The World of the Play papers and research with the class.
If there's time . . . Go through the play aloud by Intrusion/Stasis
Home:
Revise/finish The World of the Play papers, add visual research and citations.
2/9 T
Due:
Final The World of the Play paper with visual research and citations
In Class:
Film of Riders to the Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNvc9mA20TA
Discuss characters and the Character Analysis Paper
Home:
Character Analysis of Maura and Bartley
2/11 TH
Due:
Character Analysis of Maura and Bartley
In Class:
Share and discuss character analyses of Maura and Bartley
Home:
Finish character analysis with Cathleen and Nora.
Read Glass Menagerie
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
2/16 T
Due:
Final Character analysis of Maura, Bartley, Cathleen, and Nora.
Glass Menagerie read
In Class:
Discuss Glass Menagerie in the context of the world of the play and the characters.
Home:
Read Glass Menagerie again. Select and prepare scenes to read in class.
2/18 TH
Due:
Glass Menagerie read again
In Class:
Read scenes from Glass Menagerie and discuss.
Home:
World of the Play and Character Analysis (Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim) for Glass Menagerie (One Paper).
2/23 T
Due:
Rough World of the Play and Character Analysis (Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim) for Glass Menagerie.
In Class:
Discuss Character Analysis and World of the Play for Glass Menagerie
Home:
Finish World of the Play and Character Analysis (Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim) for Glass Menagerie.
2/25 TH
Due:
World of the Play and Character Analysis (Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim) for Glass Menagerie.
In Class:
Discuss homework.
Watch Paul Newman film of Glass Menagerie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh_vmhtibmo
Home:
Finish watching Paul Newman film. Watch clip of Anthony Harvey (Katherine Hepburn) film of Glass Menagerie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFeQbEUjHVk&list=PL35iGV6op4HofkfChOg7tOEmeBJi_H8Ht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADBfErmioyg
3/2 T
Due:
Films Watched
In Class:
Discuss differences of artistic approach in the two films. Compare two scenes from each.
Discuss the resonances between Glass Menagerie and Riders to the Sea
Home:
Read James Baldwin "My Dungeon Shook"
FENCES
3/4 TH
Due:
James Baldwin read
In Class:
Guest speaker(s)? (Moved to next class.)
Discussion about Fences the history it depicts and its implications.
Discuss Motif and Imagery
Watch film excerpts from Fences
Home:
Read Fences
3/9 T
Due:
Fences and James Baldwin excerpts read
In Class:
Discuss play and James Baldwin reading.
Guest Speakers Discussion about Fences: the history it depicts, it's language, and its implications.
Home:
Begin Motif and Imagery paper for Fences
3/11 TH
Due:
Rough Motif and Imagery paper for Fences
In Class:
Discuss Motif and Imagery paper for Fences
Watch film excerpts from Fences
Home:
Read Fences again.
Finish Motif and Imagery paper for Fences .
Begin reading Hamlet
3/16 T
Due: Motif and Imagery paper for Fences.
In Class:
Discuss Theme
Watch film excerpts from Fences
Home:
Rough Theme Paper for Fences
Continue reading Hamlet
3/18 TH
Due:
Rough Theme Paper for Fences
Class:
Discuss Theme paper for Fences.
Read selected scenes from Fences in class.
Home:
Finish Theme paper for Fences.
Read Hamlet
HAMLET
3/23 T
Due:
Theme paper for Fences.
Hamlet read
In Class:
Discuss language and script for Hamlet
Begin watching Branaugh film of Hamlet
Structure—The Scene Breakdown
Home:
Begin Scene Breakdown for Hamlet.
3/25 TH
In Class:
Finish watching Branaugh film of Hamlet
Home:
Finish Scene Breakdown of Hamlet
Prepare for reading scenes in class.
3/30 T
Due:
Scene Breakdown of Hamlet
In Class:
Discuss Branaugh film of Hamlet
Read selected scenes and discuss Hamlet
Home:
Finish Scene Breakdown of Hamlet
Watch Hamlet at Elsinore film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w_cohUO8E
4/1 TH
Due:
Hamlet at Elsinore Watched
Scene Breakdown of Hamlet
In Class:
Discuss Hamlet at Elsinore film and compare the actors', directors', and designers' approaches to the script in the two films.
Home:
Read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
4/6 T
Due:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Read
In Class:
Watch First Scene from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead movie
Discuss Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Talk about Final Paper
Home:
Rough World of the Play Paper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Prepare for reading in class
4/8 TH
Due: Rough World of the Play Paper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
In Class:
Discuss Rough World of the Play Paper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Read scenes from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Home:
Finish World of the Play Paper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
4/13 T
Due:
World of the Play Paper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
In Class:
Watch scenes from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead movie
Discuss relationships between Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Home:
Rough Character Analysis (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Leading Player) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
4/15 TH
In Class:
Discuss Rough Character Analysis of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
In Class:
Read scenes with characters from R+G= Ø (not Hamlet) to read and discuss in class.
Home:
Finish Character Analysis (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Leading Player) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
4/20 T
Due:
Character Analysis (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Leading Player) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
In Class:
Watch scenes from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket and discuss
Discuss and Assign Final Paper
Home:
Begin Final Paper
R&G attempt to use "Logical Analysis" to figure out where they are and what's going on. It doesn't work so well for them.
Watch Jean-Paul Van Bendegem's TEDx on Logical Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG88vL-FwP4
Here's a pretty good web page that describes logical analyisis:
Watch Abbot and Costello clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ5vspsNS1g
4/22 TH
Due:
Youtube Clips watched
In Class:
Discuss Youtube clips
Check in about about final paper
Home:
Work on Final Paper
4/26 T
CANCELLED
4/29 TH
Due:
Late Papers
In Class:
Watch Actor Interviews for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Check in about about final paper
Home:
Work on final papaer
FINAL EXAM: Final Exam Thursday, May 6, 2021, 02:00PM - 04:30PM, Modern Theatre Online Zoom# 373 879 3171
