Drama 115, Section 002 - Perspectives in DramaPlease note that attendance at the PlayMakers Rep productions will ask an additional fee of $10 for your student ticket. This is a heavily discounted price for students, but I wanted you to be aware of it. If protocols allow, you will attend all three (3) productions during the semester for an additional $30 cost (less than a movie these days, and a great bargain – the shows are usually really good!) See: www.playmakersrep.org.Most importantly for our learning, these productions will allow you to participate in live theatre, the subject of our semester.Evaluations – There will be 3 quizzes and a final examination, all administered on-line under Tests and Quizzes on Sakai:Papers – Again, two 5-page papers will be assigned. I will choose and assign the production(s) on Digital Theatre+ to be reviewed. Guidelines are to come and will be explained in class, again dependent on circumstances with prevailing safety protocols.“Paper #1” will be due Thursday, February 24th and is worth 10% of your grade. “Paper #2” will be due Tuesday, April 12th and is worth 15%.Similarly, there are certain performances available for you to see Stick Fly and Yoga Play before those productions are discussed in class. (See Class Schedule for dates.) Papers are NOT assigned for those plays, but we will discuss them in class, and there will be questions on your quizzes on those productions.Again, see details at www.playmakersrep.org You should be able to purchase a student ticket by logging on with your ONYEN.Papers should be in Word format (not a PDF) and uploaded on Sakai’s Dropbox by the time specificed on the day they are due. Your papers will be evaluated by me or one of my TAs. The document will receive comments, with the markup then saved, and returned to dropbox. This feedback on your first paper will be given in time for you to incorporate its suggestions into your second paper. Whoever grades your first paper (myself, or one of my TAs) will also grade your second.Writing due dates are fixed and any work turned in late will receive a full letter grade deduction for each day that it is late. NO EXTENSIONS FOR PAPERS WILL BE GRANTED. THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTRA CREDIT.GradingDrama 115, Section 002 - Perspectives in DramaProfessor: Jeffrey CornellDrama 115-002: Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:45Murphy 116 – Class meets live, in-person Office Hours: By appointment, via Zoom. Please feel free to email me at [email protected]. https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/dram115.002.fa21Class sessions will be recorded for reference on Zoom and links posted to Sakai under Panopto. Recordings will post shortly after the regular class session concludes. But, note that this will NOT be a synchronous virtual class – it will meet in-person. If you prefer, you may watch the class recordings. Other class materials and videos can be found on Sakai under Resources and Reserves. Overview - This course will introduce you to a special selection of plays which are remarkable inwestern civilization. (This class fulfills both the Literary Arts (LA) and North Atlantic (NA) general education requirements.) We will read dramatic texts, discuss their potential theatrical realization, and engage in their critical analysis through such essential elements of drama as action, character, structure and language. We will examine each play in its social and political context andexplore prevailing theatre practice. Video links to significant productions will offer the opportunity to see these texts as blueprints for fully staged theatrical events. Course Objectives - This course will enable you to:• Identify and explain the relationship of the elements of drama• Explain some of the influences of society on its dramatic art• Recognize the contributions of each playwright we study• Identify key movements in drama and explain their significance• Evaluate interpretative decisions in staging a dramatic textYou will be assigned to write two 5-page papers. The first will be a response paper to a productionviewed on the Digital Theatre+ on-line database (link found under Resources on Sakai). The assignment will ask you to respond to the content/story of the play, and how it was done, the manner of the production’s story-telling. Details to come.We are hopeful that you will be able to attend live theatrical productions at PlayMakers Rep, our resident professional theatre company (performing on campus at the Paul Green Theatre in the Gillings Center for Dramatic Art.) We hope that you will be able to come and enjoy the first two productions; Stick Fly, and Yoga Play. You will see these plays on your own, outside of class, with discussions about the productions happening in class. We are planning for your second paper to be in response to the third production of the semester, A Wrinkle in Time. If this is not possible (due to COVID restrictions) you will instead watch outside of class another live-captured theatricalproductions on Digital Theatre+.Please note that attendance at the PlayMakers Rep productions will ask an additional fee of $10 foryour student ticket. This is a heavily discounted price for students, but I wanted you to be aware ofit. If protocols allow, you will attend all three (3) productions during the semester for an additional$30 cost (less than a movie these days, and a great bargain – the shows are usually really good!) See: www.playmakersrep.org. Most importantly for our learning, these productions will allow you to participate in live theatre, the subject of our semester. Required Text - The Norton Anthology of Drama - Shorter Third Edition Reading and Participation – Reading and viewing assignments are expected to be completed by the date listed under “Assignments” on the Class Schedule in the Syllabus. Readings will include introductory material in your text as well as (sometimes) supplementary material found after the play in your text. I will be calling attention to certain sections of the play, reading from our text. Please have your text with you so that you can follow along and note these sections. You will likely seem them again on quizzes! Zoom classes will be posted for your reference on Sakai under Panopto after class every Tuesday and Thursday. However, again, the class will meet live, in-person in Murphy #116. It is up to you whether you attend live sessions or watch recordings. Any live polls