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CW 241 - Introduction to Playwriting

Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
All creative writers can benefit from studying playwriting by learning how to advance a plot through dialogue. This course will engage in a critical study of major contemporary playwrights, such as, David Mamet, Sam Shepherd, Eugene O’Neill, Tony Kushner, and August Wilson. Through that study, students will learn how to take the essential dramatic elements (dialogue, characterization, structure) and craft original monologues and scenes, culminating in an original one-act play.

3 credits
Spring


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