TA 324 - Women Playwrights and Performers in the Americas

Units: 3

Examines issues surrounding women in the Americas as theatre artists and playwrights in the 20th Century. Uses an active interdisciplinary approach to analyze how women have used playwriting and performance as a means of self-expression. Seen through various cultural perspectives, the relationship between the creative act and a woman’s cultural, social, and historical positions will be of particular interest. Examination of the special role of women as conscious agents of cultural transformation in a rapidly changing world. Draws upon areas of contemporary literary theory, feminist theory, literature, women’s studies, psychology, and theatre arts.