THET 125 Text Analysis

Students will develop the skills necessary for the analysis and interpretation of play scripts from a variety of global cultures as the basis for public performance, from the viewpoints of audience members and practitioners. Students will be introduced to various play types and structures as distinct from one another and requiring different types of analysis and appreciation. Introduction to research methods for contemporary performance, including reviews, critical interpretation, and research for production. Required for all theatre majors.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues
   of aesthetics and creativity, by using literary terms, concepts, critical strategies, and stylistic
   characters in texts studied.
   
2. Evaluate the dramatic script as the primary source for theatrical performance as it relates to
   issues of aesthetics, humanism, and meaning.
3. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods,
   by exploring the collaborative nature of production.
4. Develop techniques to pose and address questions for analyzing and evaluating scripts from
   diverse social and cultural contexts in terms of their theatrical requirements and aesthetic
   qualities.
5. Analyze, critically and clearly, the role of dramatic literature, the requirements of production,
   and the experience of performance in illuminating the human condition.
6. Use primary and secondary research as a tool for the analysis of scripts.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues
   of aesthetics and creativity, by using literary terms, concepts, critical strategies, and stylistic
   characters in texts studied.
   

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written journal assignment

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP1
2. Evaluate the dramatic script as the primary source for theatrical performance as it relates to
   issues of aesthetics, humanism, and meaning.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods,
   by exploring the collaborative nature of production.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Performance review and Production history

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP2
4. Develop techniques to pose and address questions for analyzing and evaluating scripts from
   diverse social and cultural contexts in terms of their theatrical requirements and aesthetic
   qualities.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Essay

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP3
5. Analyze, critically and clearly, the role of dramatic literature, the requirements of production,
   and the experience of performance in illuminating the human condition.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Performance review

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP4
6. Use primary and secondary research as a tool for the analysis of scripts.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Annotated bibliography, Research project, Library Database journal

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Annotated Bibliography, Research Project, Library Database Journal