Notes regarding credits...

This course consists of 40 hours of instruction. However, students may earn 45 hours by attending supplemental sessions and completing additional coursework. Please check with your home university to find out whether you need 40 or 45 hours to earn course equivalents.

High Advanced

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of five semesters (or seven quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

General Description

This course is about the history of Spanish theater, taking the theatrical stage as a point of fundamental reference. Students will become familiar with the basic highlighted plays of the scenic Spanish theatre panorama from the 20th century.

Program Content

1. Introduction
2. Medieval Spanish Theater
3. Theater of the Spanish Golden Age: drama and stage
4. Romantic drama in Span
5. The Spanish stage in the beginning of the 20th century
6. Spanish Theater in the post-war era
7. Spanish Theater after 1975: the transition
8. Festivals
9. Theatrical Politics in the 90's
10. Tendencies of the Spanish Theater in the 21st century

Activities

General Overview of each theme, and class discussion. If the linguistic level of the students in class permits it, the lecture will examine a text about the subject as the topic for the discussion.

Commentary on the relevant plays of the 20th century Spanish stage.

Commentary and critique of some of the plays that can be found in the Granada booklet during the span of the course.

Evaluation

60% Exam
20% Attendance
20% Written review of one of the plays that is covered during the course period

Bibliography

AMORÓS, Andrés y DIEZ BORQUE, J.M. (eds.). Historia de los espectáculos en España, Madrid, Castalia, 1999.
ARELLANO, I. (1995). Historia del teatro español del siglo XVII, Madrid, Cátedra.
BERENGUER, Ángel (1991). Teoría y crítica del teatro (Estudios de teoría y crítica teatral). Alcalá de Henares: Universidad.

BERENGUER, A. y PÉREZ, M. (1998) Tendencias del teatro español durante la transición política, Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva.

CORNAGO BERNAL, 0. (2000) La vanguardia teatral en España, Madrid, Visor.

DÍEZ BORQUE, J.M. (1983) Historia del teatro en España, Madrid, Taurus.
OLIVA, C. y TORRES MONREAL, F. (2003) Historia básica del arte escénico, Madrid, Cátedra.
RAGUÉ-ARIAS, Mª J. (1996) El teatro de fin de milenio en España (De 1975 hasta hoy), Ariel, Barcelona.
RUIZ RAMÓN, F. (1996) Historia del teatro español (desde sus orígenes hasta 1900) Madrid, Cátedra.
VÍLCHEZ DE FRUTOS, Mª F. y DOUGHERTY, D. (eds.)(1992a) El teatro en España entre la tradición y la vanguardia (1918-1939), Madrid, CSIC.