ENG 331 | American Drama

Fall 2005 | MW 1:40-2:55 PM LL102

Instructor: Cajsa C. Baldini

Syllabus

Online Readings

• Robert Hunter, Androboros (the play in full text)
• James Nelson Barker, The Tragedy of Superstition (PDF full text)
• Anna Cora Mowatt, Fashion, or, Life in New York (HTML full text)

Lectures (in MS PowerPoint)

• Introduction to Drama | Aristotle
• Introduction to Colonial Drama | Robert Hunter's Androboros
• Introduction to American Romanticism
• Introduction to James Nelson Barker's The Tragedy of Superstition
• The Dubious Character of the Gentleman and Other American Anxieties
• Introduction to Eugene O'Neill
• The Iceman Cometh: Themes and Symbols
• Introduction to Arthur Miller: The Crucible
• Introduction to Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire

Assignments

• Research paper and oral presentation guidelines (PDF)
• Exam recap guidelines (PDF)