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These three dramatists, among the most important of the last two hundred years, lived and worked in Europe in a close historical sequence – spanning a period from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century and changed theatre permanently: moving from realism to expressionism and finally the “epic theatre.” For this course students will explore three or four plays by each of these transformative dramatists. Ibsen: An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, and When We Dead Awaken. Strindberg: Miss Julie, the one-acts (“Pariah” and “ The Stronger”) and The Ghost Sonata. Brecht: A Man’s a Man, Three Penny Opera, Mother Courage and Her Children, and the Good Person of Setzuan. (Students of German or Scandinavian languages and literature are encouraged to examine the plays in the original language.) Open to graduate students, juniors and seniors.