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THEATRE 335

IN TRANSLATION: THE DRAMA OF HENRIK IBSEN

3-4 credits.

Often considered "the father of modern drama," the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is a major figure of world literature whose dramatic works remain fascinating and globally influential, both as texts and through performance and adaptation. Read and discuss Ibsen in English translation, with a focus on Ibsen's historical contexts, dramatic techniques, social and political thought, and the reception and adaptation of his work in modern culture.

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Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn to read the drama of Ibsen with nuanced understanding and informed appreciation of its forms and contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain central socio-political, ethical, and psychological themes and patterns in Ibsen's dramatic texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze Ibsen's dramatic texts in papers that rely on close reading and are informed by contextual knowledge and secondary criticism. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn to read the drama of Ibsen with nuanced understanding and informed appreciation of its forms and contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain central socio-political, ethical, and psychological themes and patterns in Ibsen's dramatic texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze Ibsen's dramatic texts in papers that rely on close reading and are informed by contextual knowledge and secondary criticism. Audience: Undergraduate

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