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2012 Summer School Bulletin - Emory College - Emory University

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through discussion and analysis of cultural topics, current events, personal experiences,<br />

and literary and journalistic texts. Students are provided ample opportunity for focused<br />

listening through use of recorded texts (conversations, music, video) and for oral<br />

expression through general classroom and small-group discussions and oral reports.<br />

Readings in the course focus on both historical and current cultural and social issues in<br />

the Hispanic world, and conclude with the reading of a novel by the Argentinian author<br />

Marco Denevi. Writing also is developed as a communicative endeavor, with emphasis<br />

on the preparation of a reading/dialogue journal and several compositions in a variety<br />

of genres. Evaluations are based on participation, homework and language laboratory<br />

work, exams, writing activities, and an oral interview. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or official<br />

Spanish placement from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.<br />

SPANISH FOR READING COMPREHENSION<br />

210-00A. 10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . TBA<br />

210-00C. 11:30 a .m .–12:50 a .m . Daily . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . TBA<br />

By permission only. This is an intensive course introducing fundamental vocabulary,<br />

grammar, and reading strategies to develop the reading skill. No previous knowledge of<br />

Spanish is necessary. In some departments (please consult advisers) this course may be<br />

substituted for the GSLFT or departmental reading exam in Spanish. Students will read/<br />

translate texts of diverse genres and levels of difficulty. Initially, these will be supplied by<br />

the professor and later in the semester the students will be responsible for bringing texts<br />

related to their fields and personal interests. This course is designed for graduate students<br />

in other departments and has no correlation with undergraduate studies in Spanish.<br />

Evaluation is based on participation, quizzes, and homework (readings and translations).<br />

Course Number Key and Dates<br />

00A: First session May 21 – June 29 00F: Miscellaneous Varies<br />

00B: Entire summer May 21 – August 10 0PA, 0PB, 0PC Permission required<br />

00C: Second Session July 2 – August 10<br />

MAY: Maymester May 15–June 1<br />

Theater Studies<br />

100-00A. INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATER<br />

1:00–2:20 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Moore<br />

This course is a theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art. It<br />

serves as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary<br />

theatrical practice.<br />

120-00C. ACTING: FUNDAMENTALS<br />

10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Paulsen<br />

The course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to the basic skills of acting:<br />

warming up, voice and movement, improvisation, character development, script analysis,<br />

scene work, and collaborating as an ensemble. The student will acquire a working<br />

vocabulary in the fundamentals of acting.<br />

215-00C. HISTORY OF DRAMA AND THEATER I<br />

2:30–4:45 p .m . MWF . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Evenden<br />

A study of world drama from the 18th century through the modern period. Reading<br />

of representative dramas, an average of two or three per week, with special attention<br />

given to their cultural and historical contexts. Playwrights to be covered include Lillo,<br />

Marivaux, Schiller, Scribe, Feydeau, Ibsen, Shaw, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Beckett,<br />

and Muller.<br />

371-MAY. THEATER ARTIST LABORATORY<br />

9:00 a .m .–12:30 p .m . Daily . Credit, 4 hrs . Little/Paulsen<br />

Prerequisites: Minimum one 200-level acting, directing, dramaturgy, design or production<br />

class at a university or theater conservatory. An experiential theater production course that<br />

will develop, mount and present an original theater or musical theater piece. This highly<br />

collaborative, summer stock course will give advanced students an opportunity to adapt,<br />

direct, act, design, and produce a new theater work. The course objective is to challenge<br />

advance theater students to apply existing skills and knowledge to all stages of play<br />

development and production. Students will learn to contribute substantively in less familiar<br />

areas of theater conception and development, engage in applied research, and experiment<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> Courses | 37 www.college.emory.edu/summer

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