2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

THR 220 - Principles of Dramatic Analysis


Description: Play script analysis and production for interpreting a script for performance values and aesthetics. Critical analysis from the point of view of the director, actor, designer, or critic.

Prerequisites: THR 135  and THR 141  

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Scripts
  2. Aristotle's elements of drama
  3. Plot structure
  4. Visual concepts and metaphors for the stage
  5. Production choice

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Appraise diverse dramatic literature of different genres, styles, periods, and cultures. (1-5)
  2. Identify the six component parts of dramatic form: plot, character, theme, diction, rhythm, and spectacle. (2)
  3. Assess the mechanics of plot structure: theme, exposition, rising action, conflict, crisis, climax, and resolution. (3)
  4. Analyze and describe the meaning and metaphor in dramatic works. (4)
  5. Reconstruct a scene on stage based on research a play' s time, genre, and culture. (1-5)
  6. Collaborate to produce a play script from the page to stage. (5)