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ENG 212 - Studies in Drama

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Unit 3: Contemporary Drama

●      Identify various dramatic movements and their historical impact 

●      Analyze how the literary elements of plot, setting, character, and conflict find expression in dramatic works

●      Compare different interpretations of the same dramatic texts

●.     Evaluate critical and/or scholarly responses to dramatic compositions

●      Analyze a variety of dramatic works 

●      Recognize technical elements such as sets, costumes, make-up, gestures, stage movements and accents and how they reinforce dramatic themes

Resources

New York Times Theater Reviews

Reviews of theater productions in the NYT Arts Section. Reviews arranged by "latest" first.

Playwriters' Center: How to Start

Resource of essays and articles with writing tips and industry insight.

Hostos Research Guide

This guide will help you:

  • figure out how to get started as you search for sources
  • understand the different kinds of information available to you
  • know the choices you can make in selecting sources
  • think about great questions to ask when evaluating the information you find

CUNY Arts

CUNY Arts creates opportunities for students to experience New York City’s arts and cultural institutions. Exposure to the arts is beneficial to all people intellectually and emotionally, yet these opportunities are too often missing from higher education.

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TDF is a not-for-profit organization that has been dedicated to bringing the power of the performing arts to everyone since 1968.

Interior of Covent Garden theater from early 1800s

Attributions

New York Times Theater Reviews
Source: Theater Reviews, The New York Times Arts Section, https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/theater-reviews
© 2024 The New York Times Company

Playwriter's Center: How to Start
Source: The Playwrights' Center (Resources), https://pwcenter.org/article/how-to-start/, https://pwcenter.org/article/how-to-start/
©2014–2024 Playwrights' Center

Hostos Library Research Guide
Source: Haruko Yamauchi, Hostos Library Research 101, https://guides.hostos.cuny.edu/startyourresearch/start
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)  

CUNY Arts
Source: CUNY Academics Current Initiatives: CUNY Arts, https://www.cuny.edu/academics/current-initiatives/cuny-arts/
Copyright 2024 

Discount Tickets to NYC Shows
Source: Home Page of TDF, https://www.tdf.org
©2024 TDF and TKTS. All Rights Reserved

Images:
West Side Story
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "West side story" New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7715284d-9474-5dfd-e040-e00a1806474d
Public Domain

New Covent Garden Theatre
Source: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New Covent Garden Theatre" New York Public Library Digital Collections, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e5dc12f0-02fa-0133-fbdc-58d385a7b928
Public Domain