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SCAND ST 422

THE DRAMA OF HENRIK IBSEN

4 credits.

Intensive study of dramatic production and the part played by Ibsen as the founder of modern drama.

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Requisites: SCAND ST 202 , 212 , 222 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read the drama of Ibsen with nuanced understanding and informed appreciation of its forms and contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and explain central socio-political, ethical, and psychological themes and patterns in Ibsen’s dramatic texts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze Ibsen's dramatic texts in a way that is informed by contextual knowledge and secondary criticism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recognize and explain important features of Ibsen criticism and scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read the drama of Ibsen with nuanced understanding and informed appreciation of its forms and contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and explain central socio-political, ethical, and psychological themes and patterns in Ibsen’s dramatic texts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze Ibsen's dramatic texts in a way that is informed by contextual knowledge and secondary criticism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recognize and explain important features of Ibsen criticism and scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate

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