Required Texts:
Sophocles. The Oedipus Cycle. Trans. Fitts and Fitzgerald.
Brecht,
Bertolt. Mother Courage and Her
Children. Trans. Eric Bentley
Churchill,
Caryl. Far Away
Friel,
Brian. Translations
Fuller,
Charles. A Soldier’s Play
He Leo Hou A New Voice: Hawaiian Playwrights
Ibsen,
Henrik. Hedda Gabler
Miller,
Arthur. Death of a Salesman
Smith,
Anna Deavere. Fires in the Mirror
Assignments:
Students will write four 3-5-page
papers, two 2-page papers, a midterm, and a final. Panels will have to act out and comment on a
scene. Class participation counts.