CTAR 222 - Drama and Play in Human Experience [GEKA]
A study of dramatic experience as intrinsic in human development. An introduction to spontaneous dramatic games and exercises as a way of sharpening imagination, deepening interpersonal relations and strengthening individual identity. Integration of such experience in learning and growth is emphasized.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Theatre reflects, challenges and celebrates the human experience. The first stepping-stones to understanding the human experience and the art of theatre reside universally in childhood. Here we learn and practice our ability to imitate others, transform reality and create meaning from our lives. Theatre artists use the same fundamental skills learned in childhood to create theatre productions. CTAR222 demystifies the theatre experience by directly teaching this relationship between play in childhood and theatre through participation in games and dramatic activities, lectures, readings, papers, journals, theatre attendance and participatory projects. This demystification process will reawaken skills in students that have often been buried or discarded in adulthood and provide students with the vocabulary to talk about their own and others dramatic experience. A critical viewpoint for analysis and a historical context of both play and theatre is founded on Aristotle’s six elements of drama: (1) plot, (2) character, (3) thought (or theme), (4) dialogue, (5) rhythm, and (6) spectacle. As students develop skills in identifying and using these elements, their ability to generate and understand creative theatre products will increase.
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