THEA351

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Acting: Period Styles

Subject Code

THEA

Course Number

351

Department(s)

Course Title

Acting: Period Styles

Course Description

Advanced training in acting with an emphasis on effective vocal/rhetorical techniques and on the use of poetic rhythm and imagery in creating a role psychologically as well as physically. Definition of style/language analysis, Greek period style, the comic impulse/Commedia Dell'arte, Renaissance/Elizabethan period style, 17th-century French farce, and Restoration/Georgian "Comedy of Manners." Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and THEA-151. 4 SH.

Course Types

Standard (STAND)

Semester Hours

4