Weeks 1-2

- Course design: objective, bibliography, materials, activities, methodology and evaluation.

- Historical introduction to American theatre. The Colonies. (Summary)

Weeks 3-4-5-6

- Origins of the American theatre in the 18th century. Revolutionary plays and playwrights. The quest for a national drama.

- Royall Tyler's The Contrast.

- Nineteenth-century antebellum theatre. Typological divisions of plays and its reference to American contemporary life (temperance, abolitionism, etc).

- Nineteenth-century post-bellum theatre. Changes in the last half of the century.

- James A. Herne's Shore Acres.

Week 6-7

- The birth of twentieth-century American drama. The Provincetown Players, The Washington Square Players & The Guild.

- Deadline for topic obligatory PIE oral presentation –Oct. 28^st.

- Test 1. (Units 0,1,2) - Nov. 4^th.

- Progress Test PIE 1 – Nov. 4^th.

Week 8 – Reading Week

Weeks 9-10

- Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape & Long Days Journey into Night.

Week 11

- Theatre Between the Wars.

- Tennessee Williams & Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[- Video.]

Week 12 – Reading Week

Week 13

- Around World War II.

- Arthur Miller & The Death of a Salesman.

Week 14

[- Oral presentation due (PIE)–Dec. 23^rd.- Obligatory attendance for all students]

[- Video.]

Week 15 - Christmas Vacation

Week 16- Reading Week

- Oral presentation due (PIE)–January11th-13^th.

(Obligatory attendance for all students)

Exams Week (17)

- Test 2. (Units 3,4,5)-Jan. 20^th.

- Progress Test PIE 2 –Jan. 20^th.

- Final Examination as officially scheduled (No PIE)