AAAS 429: Postcolonial Theatre and Drama

AAAS 429: Postcolonial Theatre and Drama

The course develops an understanding of the postcolonial concept and its different manifestations in theatre and drama across nations and cultures. It approaches postcolonialism as a way of reading theatre, and as a genre within theatre by exploring how the "colonial project" has reconfigured the concept, content, and context of theatre in both colonized and colonizing cultures. In addition to the study of postcolonial playwrights and their works, the course is also an introduction to postcolonial theory and its critics. (Same as THR 429.)

Satisfies: Goal 4 Outcome 2 (AE42) , Goal 3 Social Sciences (GE3S) , H Humanities (H) , NW Non-Western Culture (NW)