Theatre 340: African American Theatre now open
Lormarev Jones will be offering THE 340 African American Theatre Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:45PM. Lormarev directed In the Blood last year and is currently directing Blood at the Root at Raleigh Little Theatre. She’s an accomplished director, actor, and writer.
There are only 16 seats in the class so get a move on!!
Course Description: This course examines African American dramaturgy and its impact on American theatre. We will study plays from the early period, 1847-1938, and from the recent period, 1935-present. This course will investigate the thematic structure of each section of plays including family life, social protest, and religion. The course will also help students to better understand the social milieu that shaped the content of each play.
While there are no pre-requisites for the course, it is recommended that students complete THE 103 Intro to Theatre before THE 340 African American Theatre.Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of this course you should be able to:
1. Analyze the evolution of African American Theatre created from the mid-19th century to the present.
2. Compare differing performance structures and narrative styles of African American Theatre using plays, films, and live performance.
3. Articulate how African American plays and productions express, explore, and construct Black identity and culture, including the intersections of color, class, gender, sexuality, age, and ideology.
4. Create a performance project that explores a specific moment in African American Theatre history and identify how the embodied performance experience differs from textual exploration of the material.
While there are no pre-requisites for the course, it is recommended that students complete THE 103 Intro to Theatre before THE 340 African American Theatre.Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of this course you should be able to:
1. Analyze the evolution of African American Theatre created from the mid-19th century to the present.
2. Compare differing performance structures and narrative styles of African American Theatre using plays, films, and live performance.
3. Articulate how African American plays and productions express, explore, and construct Black identity and culture, including the intersections of color, class, gender, sexuality, age, and ideology.
4. Create a performance project that explores a specific moment in African American Theatre history and identify how the embodied performance experience differs from textual exploration of the material.
Texts:
Black Theatre USA: v. 2 Plays by African Americans: The Recent Period, 1935-Today (Revised and expanded edition), edited by James V. Hatch & Ted Shine, The Free Press.
Other reading materials will be available through the Moodle site and on reserve at D.H. Hill Library.
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