Seminars will focus on technical issues including plot, characterization, dramatic structure, dialogue, image-based storytelling, and aspects of dramaturgy. Seminars may also include analyses of notable plays and screenplays across a variety of genres. Students will write their own scripts, with editorial input from the instructor. The literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English.
Seminars will focus on technical issues including plot, characterization, dramatic structure, dialogue, image-based storytelling, and aspects of dramaturgy. Seminars may also include analyses of notable plays and screenplays across a variety of genres. Students will write their own scripts, with editorial input from the instructor. The literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English.