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DRAMA 582 A: Analysis Of Dramatic Texts

Early African American Performance

Meeting Time: 
WF 2:30pm - 4:50pm
Location: 
HUT 150
SLN: 
22039
Instructor:
Stefka Mihaylova Photo
Stefka Mihaylova

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This course explores the history of early African American performance as an important factor in the emergence of the African American public sphere. The course begins with the opening of the African Company in 1821, the first African American theatre company in New York City and ends with the Negro Little Theatre Movement of the early twentieth century. Case studies include both theatrical and nontheatrical performances, such as preaching, protests, and museum exhibits. In trying to understand how black performance of the nineteenth and early twentieth century helped create a black public sphere, we will also be engaging with theories of the public sphere and critical race theories of performance.

 Students are requested to begin reading Habermas’s Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere before the first class session. Ideally, you would have read through the book for our first meeting.

 

Catalog Description: 
Analytic approaches to dramatic materials, concentrating on semiotics, Marxism, feminism, or a related critical theory.
GE Requirements: 
Other Requirements Met: 
Status: 
Active
Last updated: 
April 28, 2016 - 12:45pm
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