FREN665

Examines selected plays from French contemporary theater (20th-21st c.) with a particular focus on new trends in writing, performing, and staging as they reflect the crisis faced by playwrights in particular, and French society in general at the aesthetic, social, and political levels. Students will explore different approaches to the analysis of theater plays and familiarize themselves with the evolution of mise-en-scene throughout the 20th century until the present day.