2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Sep 07, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CMLT 206 - Languages of Theater

Type of Course: Seminar, Discussion

A study of the way meanings are made in theater through structure and sign. Examines the function of nonverbal communication in theater, especially mask, gesture, movement and sound. Plays may include works of Euripides, Shakespeare, Cocteau, Apollinaire, Jarry, Genet and Pinter. Critical works read include Artaud’s “The Theater and its Double,” Brook’s “The Empty Space” and Grotowski’s “Towards a Poor Theater.” Scene work. May be taken as a companion course to CMLT 205.

Cross Listed: TA 206

Instructor: Mr. Spingler

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: Michael Spingler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of French Adjunct Associate Professor of Screen Studies