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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Mag. Dr. Claudia Schwarz Mag. Dr. Claudia Schwarz

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On Stage: 20th-Century American Drama

PS 2

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The aim of this course is to familiarize students with key texts of American drama, to discover common themes and topics, and to discuss the features and specifics of the genre.

This course discusses key texts of American drama and puts them in their respective historical and cultural contexts. We will read and analyze plays by American playwrights of the 20th century, like Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee et al.

lecture inputs, presentations, discussion groups

active class participation, reading and writing assignments, term paper

primary sources and selected secondary sources will be made available on the reserve shelf and/or on e-campus

Students must have passed the "Introduction to American Literature and Culture" to attend this course. Credit for PS American Literature
Beginn: 9.3.2009