The Major and Minor in Dramatic Literature at NYU
The standard Dramatic Literature major consists of ten courses within the department, including V30.0110 and V30.0111; one course in dramatic literature before 1800; a minimum of two (maximum of seven) Dramatic Literature electives; and no more than five courses in cinema studies and practical theatre. Transfer students must complete at least five of the 10 courses at the College. Note: C- is the lowest grade that may be counted toward the major provided that the overall average in dramatic literature courses, including the C- course, is C or above.
The standard Dramatic Literature minor consists of any four V30 courses offered by the department. Transfer students must complete at least two of the four courses at the College. Note: C- is the lowest grade that may be counted toward the minor provided that the overall average in dramatic literature courses, including the C- course, is C or above.
Courses fulfilling distribution requirements:
Please note that the titles of certain courses vary from semester to semester. You should go by the number rather than the title in determining the requirement fulfilled by such courses.
Dramatic Literature Before 1800 (one required)
V30.0035 Acting Medieval Literature
V30.0036 Reorienting the Renaissance
V30.0225 Shakespeare I
V30.0226 Shakespeare II
V30.0228 Shakespeare On Film
V30.0230 Colloq: Shakespeare
V30.0231 Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
V30.0200 Tragedy
V30.0205 Comedy
V30.0210 Greek Drama: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
V30.0211 Comedies Of Greece And Rome
V30.0212 Roman Drama
V30.0235 Restoration & 18th C Drama
V30.0290 17th Century Theatre
Dramatic Literature Electives (minimum of two, maximum of seven will count toward the major)
V30.0113 Modern Drama: Realism And Naturalism
V30.0114 Modern Drama: Expressionism And Beyond
V30.0130 Theory of Drama
V30.0134 Theatre in New York
V30.0136 The Avant-Garde
V30.0137 Gay & Lesbian Performance
V30.0138 Popular Performance
V30.0173 Futurism
V30.0240 Feminism And Theatre
V30.0245 Modern British Drama
V30.0246 Colloq: Major Playwrights
V30.0249 Modern Irish Drama
V30.0251 Theatrical Genres
V30.0253 Modern American Drama
V30.0254 Major Playwrights
V30.0255 African-American Drama
V30.0256 Asian American Theater
V30.0257 Aids In Performance
V30.0258 Political Theatre
V30.0260 Modern Central European Drama: Brecht To Handke
V30.0261 Comp Study 20th C Drama
V30.0270 Contemporary French Theatre
V30.0280 Pirandello And The Italian Theatre
V30. 0291 Spanish Theatre Of The 20th Century
V30.0292 Garcia Lorca
V30.0293 Theatre Of Latin America
V30.0294 Theatre In Asia
V30.0296 Musical Theatre
V30.0301 Topics In Performance Studies
V30.0508 Inter-Artistic Genres
V30.0701 Irish Dramatists
V30.0720 Gender And Performance In The Italian Theater
V30.0863 The Italian South: Literature, Theatre, Cinema
Cinema Studies and Practical Theatre (maximum of five)
V30.0300 Drama in Performance in New York
V30.0504 Cinema & Literature
V30.0506 Italian Films, Italian Histories Ii: Unification To The Present
V30.0511 Film Criticism
V30.0512 Film Genres: Westerns And Horror
V30.0513 Intro. To American Video Art
V30.0514 Women, Film And Social Change
V30.0517 Film Aesthetics
V30.0520 Silent Screen: 1895-1928
V30.0521 Hollywood & Its Alternatives
V30.0522 History Of Russian Film
V30.0523 The Economics Of Film
V30.0524 Topics In International Cinema
V30.0525 Topics In US Cinema
V30.0526 Topics In Theoretical
V30.0527 Topics In Social Cinema
V30.0528 Comparative Directors
V30.0530 Film Now
V30.0531 Film Theory
V30.0636 Stagecraft
V30.0638 Acting I
V30.0640 Acting I
V30.0641 Stage Lighting
V30.0642 Costume Design
V30.0644 Directing
V30.0645 Design For The Stage
V30.0647 Styles Of Acting & Directing
V30.0648 Physical Theatre Improvisation
V30.0649 Fundamentals Of Acting I
V30.0650 Fundamentals Of Acting II
V30.0840 Workshop in Playwriting
