Drama Arts Courses

DRAM 1F93
Introduction to Drama
Fundamentals of dramatic criticism. Study of selected dramatic texts from ancient Greece to the present; emphasis on genre, convention and historical context.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

DRAM 2F95
The Forms of Comedy
Comedy and related dramatic forms (e.g., farce) in their theatrical and social contexts and in relation to the development of ideas about comedy. May include parallel forms in the drama of the Orient.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DRAM 1F93 or permission of the instructor.

DRAM 2F97
Canadian Drama
The Canadian experience as expressed on stage, in radio and on television, using English-language plays and French-language plays (in translation).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DRAM 1F93 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students with year 2 standing in ENGL are permitted to register without the prerequisite.
Students completing this course will forfeit credit in DRAM 2P91.

DRAM 2F98
The Forms of Tragedy
Two major periods in the development of the genre: the Classical period and the Renaissance; and the modern dramatic response to the problems of the tragic vision.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DRAM 1F93 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students with year 2 standing in ENGL are permitted to register without the prerequisite.

DRAM 2M90-2M99
Special Studies in Drama
Topics to be announced by the department.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DRAM 1F93 or permission of the instructor.

DRAM 2P91
Canadian Radio and Television Drama
The aesthetics and distinctive characteristics of Canadian radio and television anthology drama.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: DRAM 1F93 or FILM 2P20 and 2P21 or permission of the instructor.
Note: year 3 students in the Humanities are permitted to register in this course without the prerequisite.
Students completing this course will forfeit credit in DRAM 2F97.

DRAM 3F00
Theatre History and Theory
(also offered as THEA 3F00)
Studies in theatre history and theoretical perspectives on theatre.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: THEA 1F99 (1P40 and 1P50) or DRAM 1F93 or permission of the instructor.
Note: theatre majors must take this course as THEA 3F00.

DRAM 3F93
Twentieth-Century Drama
Major dramatic and theatrical movements of the period, with special attention to contemporary dramatists.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of DRAM 2F95, 2F97, 2F98 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students with year 3 standing in ENGL are permitted to register in this course without the prerequisite.

DRAM 3F97
Shakespeare
A critical study of Shakespeare's works in their literary and theatrical context.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of DRAM 2F95, 2F97, 2F98 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students with year 3 standing in ENGL are permitted to register without the prerequisite. Students may take ENGL 2F97 in place of DRAM 3F97.
Students completing this course will forfeit credit in DRAM 3F10 or ENGL 2F97.

DRAM 3F99
Honours Tutorial
Advanced study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Restriction: permission of a faculty supervisor.
Note: a written proposal must be approved by the Chair before registration.

DRAM 4F90
Critical Theory and Practice
(also offered as THEA 4F90)
Advanced study of critical theory, its roots and its application to theatre, dramatic literature.
Seminars, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to DRAM (single or combined) and THEA (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average and a minimum 60 percent non-major average and approval to year 4 (honours).

DRAM 4F94
Honours Thesis in Applied Critical Theory
A critical, historical or contemporary thesis.
Restriction: open to DRAM (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average and a minimum 60 percent non-major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: DRAM 4F90 (may be taken concurrently).
Note: subject and supervision must be approved by a faculty supervisor before September 15.