WELCOME  ENG 379: Women in Drama  END-USERS!

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• Brief summaries of all plays to be studied in this course.
• Speak or write as a seasoned drama critic: consult McGraw-Hill's online Glossary of Drama Terms.
• Learn about major playwrights and the century-by-century development of the theatre!
• Find out some fascinating facts about women [their roles, in the audience, etc.] in the ancient Greek theatre.
• Consider the forces driving Antigone [c. 442 B.C.E.],  a play of The Oedipus Cycle, written by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles [496-405 BCE].
• Tame your curiosity as you probe this educators' website devoted to explorng the characters, themes, and issues in the Elizabethan comedy The Taming of the Shrew , wtritten C.1594 by Wm. Shakespeare [1564-1616].
• Marvel at this incomparable website that contains background details, features a useful timeline, and knows all about...Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet!
• Meet an atypical stepmother named Phèdre/aka Phaedra [written in 1677], who serves as protagonist in the great 17th C. drama by French playwright Jean Racine [1639-1699].
• Learn about drama in the 18th Century and meet some of its key players [such as British dramatist Oliver Goldsmith] in a brief essay on this interesting topic.
• Peruse this bio of Irish-born playwright Oliver Goldsmith [1728-1774]--author of the Restoration comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
• What is a comedy of manners?
• This University of Virginia Website offers a synopsis of the 18th C. farce She Stoops to Conquer which mocked the leisure class life of many in its audience when it premiered in 1773 at London's famed Covent Garden Theatre.   
• Try to understand the complex Hedda Gabler, namesake of an unsettling 1890 drama written by the famed 19th C. Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen [1828-1906], who is known as both the "Shakespeare" and "Father" of modern drama.
• See the playwright's bio and explore some issues [such as gender and society, etc.] raised by the provocative play Miss Julie, written in 1888 by Swedish playwright August Strindberg [1849-1912]. 
• Click on this University of South Florida site to glean the life of dramatist Susan Glaspell [1876-1948] and to get background data on, criticism about, and symbolism in her 1-act mystery play Trifles [1916].
• Click on this link to view or to download your ENG 379 at-home Final Exam! 

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