THEA331
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THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
Course Description
(FORMERLY: THEATER AND SOCIETY I) An examination of the "golden 1950s of American Theater" including such playwrights as Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Lorraine Hansberry, as well as such social issues as civil rights, McCarthyism, drug abuse, academic freedom, and homosexuality. The class will read plays in relation to the modern dramatist, the social issues, and the values of American society at that time as reflected in these social dramas.
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Course Attributes
CA-School Core as of 2014 fall (CASC), CA-School Core-300 Level (CAUJ), MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective (AMRB), MJ-AMER-Amer Artistic Express (AMRA), MJ-Amer-Artistic Expression (AM17), OLD GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA (GNAM), WRITING INTENSIVE (WRIT)