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FYS487

Politics and Performance on Stage and Screen

Subject code

FYS

Course Number

487

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

C. Odle

Course Long Title

Politics and Performance on Stage and Screen

Description

This seminar examines the way contemporary playwrights and performers have interpreted the American political landscape on stage and screen. Students analyze scripts from various playwrights and their staged productions, and take a critical look at two different motion pictures that use politics as their main theme.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]

Writing Credit

W1

Class Restriction

Exclude Sophomores, Exclude Juniors, Exclude Seniors