Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the western dramas’ development in terms of its history and major works from Ancient Greek to nowadays. Emphasis will be given on the understanding of the major works by lectures, class discussions, assignments and readers’ theatre.
Class goals:
Students comprehend different drama eras from Ancient Greek to nowadays.
Students are able to analyze and recognize the value of drama.
Students are able to link between the fiction -drama- and real life phenomenon.
Students are able to understand different human characterization, using Christian perspective, from different characters in dramas.
Students are able to give academic and commonsensical opinion about drama and its related issues.
Class format:
The class consists of lectures, discussions, readers’ theatre and presentations. They are tools for the students in order to comprehend the materials which need students’ full participation. The assessments are in the form of blogging, essays, oral test, written test and art show. Therefore, there will be 2 classes, classroom and theatre room. There will be two major tests: midterm and final tests. Further explanation will be given specifically below.
Explanation:
Blogging:
Each group must have a blog to send each member’s opinion or reflection about every week topic, presentation, or and theatre performance.
Essay:
Students will write 2 – 200 words- essays for this class. It will be submitted in drama class blogspot. Students must actively join a discussion or give comments toward their friends’ essay in the drama class blogspot. Address: http://dramaed2009.blogspot.com/. Plagiarism is a crime and student will get 0 (zero) if they did it.
Midterm test:
Students will have oral test in week 8, beside a closed book- written test.
Readers’ theatre and presentation
Students must be able to create and perform a short-10 minutes- version of a play that they choose. Then it will be continued by an explanation of important points about the play like characterization, plot, conflict, its playwright, its genre, its significant role for the society at that time and its relation to nowadays issue in a 10 minutes presentation. The presentation must use Microsoft Power Point with min font size 20. Max slide is 6 slides. In order to prepare the readers theatre, students must:
1. Come to Theatre room and spend minimum 2 hours for the readers’ theatre preparation.
2. Fill in the booking form two weeks before.
3. Sign the attendance list when they get into theatre room for preparation.
Final Project:
Each group must create a final project (10 minutes drama script, painting, all creative things related to drama from ancient to nowadays). The purpose of this assignment is to give a creative room for students in order to, not only applying their creativity, but also applying the knowledge that they got in creative way from drama class. Students must be able to explain their creation afterward.
Final test:
Students will have an open book- written test in class for final.
Grading policy:
Blogging 15% 2 essays 15%
Readers’ theater and 10 minutes presentation 15% Midterm (oral and written) 20%
Final Project 15% Final test 20%
