SPA 335 - Spanish Drama for Social Change

The theatre landscape in twenty-first century Spain points to a growing consciousness to engage with current issues that reflect our everyday lived experiences and societal contexts. In this course we will read a selection of plays representative of contemporary modalities and genres such as documentary theatre, verbatim theatre, fact-inspired drama, and forum theatre. As we consider theatre’s ability to enact social change, we will examine the ways in which Spanish playwrights actively seek to engage issues related to historical memory, gender, sexuality, bullying, migration, law, and politics on both the page and the stage. We will look at the efforts made at innovation in stagecraft and performance and will explore how these works respond in critical and aesthetic fashion to the artistic, political, and social contexts from which they emerge.

Satisfies Hispanic Studies major and minor requirement. -post 1800 for new major
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric requirement.
Satisfies Justice, Equality and Community requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Conducted in Spanish

Prerequisites
Spanish 260 and 270, 271, 272 or their equivalents.