Name: Sarah Verron-Bassetti
Email: sverronbassetti@valenciacollege.edu
An overview of the Theatre Arts. Includes a study of theatre practitioners and their craft, including playwrights, directors, actors, and designers/technicians. Includes a general overview of theatre history, and reading and analysis of plays from various genres and periods. Attendance at outside play performances is required. 3 credits.
1. Identify the distinctive nature of live theater.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the procedures, art, and craft of the major practitioners in the theater, including playwrights, actors directors, and designers/technicians.
3. Trace the major developments in theater history from the Greeks to the present.
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Effectively evaluate theater productions.
Lee A. Jacobus. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama . Seventh Edition. Bedford St. Martin's Press. 2012.
ISBN-10 : 1457606321 and ISBN-13: 978-1457606328. You will also find additional required readings on Blackboard in the form of pdf scans, links, and word docs. Please see calendar for reading list and schedule.

A: 100-90
B: 89-80
C: 79-70
D: 69-60
F: 59-0
Students are required to come to class. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class. You can have three unexcused absences. After three, additional absences reduce the final grade by 2.5% each absence. For example, if your final grade is 94% (A) and you have five absences (three of which are excused), your final grade will be reduced by 5% to 89% (B). Tardiness is consider absenteeism.
There will be no make-up exams or assignments , except for major and documented emergencies (car accident, death in the family, extreme illness, etc.). Late work will not be accepted unless there is a major and documented emergency. Please do not ask for an extension. This syllabus is clear about it.
200 points (100 Each); 2 Exams (Midterm and Final)
100 points; Performance Essay (Due December 8 ).
25 points each; Quizzes (Roughly 5)
425 points total (Subject to Change)
You will have two exams (midterm and final). Both of them are done in class. Each exam is worth 100 points. The exams will contain short-answer questions and multiple-choice questions.
You will have roughly five quizzes on Blackboard. Each quiz will be 25 points and have around 10 questions. The quizzes will be a mix of multiple-choice questions and short-answer questions. You will usually be able to take the quizzes from Thursdays to Tuesdays.
You are required to visit one performance of your choice this semester. You will be required to write an essay in response to the performance . You are required to read Aristotle’s Poetics and write an essay about the following prompt: In what ways is the performance that you saw connected or not with Aristotle's ideas? Please use specific examples and terms in your analysis.
You will have the entire semester to visit a performance and write your essay. They will be due December 8 . They are worth 100 points. You will also need to keep copies of your tickets/receipts and staple them to your essays.
All written work handed into the instructor must meet all of the following criteria :
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Writing must follow the standards of form, grammar and spelling

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All papers must be typed, double spaced, in size 12 font
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Each assignment handed in must have the following information in the upper left or right hand corner, or on a separate cover page:
1. Name
2. The name of the course (THE1000)
3. Date and time of the course
4. Title of the paper
Homework information and dates are on the syllabus. It is your responsibility to check the syllabus regularly and do the homework and readings on time.
Each student is required to follow Valencia’s policy regarding academic honesty. All work submitted by students is expected to be the result of the student’s individual thoughts, research, and self-expression unless the assignment specifically states “group project.” Any act of academic dishonesty will be handled in accordance with Valencia’s policy as set forth in the Student Handbook and Catalog. Students who cheat will be given a zero for the assignment.
Repeated cheaters will be reported to the Academic Dean for disciplinary action.
What is plagiarism ?
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Copying a website or textbook without using quotation marks and/or providing an in text citation and Works
Cited page.
 Submitting another student’s paper as your own work.
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Changing words or paraphrasing from a textbook or website without giving credit to your source.
I do not have office hours, so email is the best means of communication. Please contact me if you have any questions and I will respond as soon as I can. Please let me know what course section you are in. My email address is sverronbassetti@valenciacollege.edu.
Please put your mobile phone in your bag and on silent (vibrating phones are also distracting). I will ask you to leave the class if you are on your phone. Turn off laptop computers, mp3 players, iPods, etc.
Valencia College is dedicated not only to the advancement of knowledge and learning but is concerned with the development of responsible personal and social conduct. By enrolling at Valencia College, a student assumes the responsibility for becoming familiar with and abiding by the general rules of conduct. The primary responsibility for managing the classroom environment rests with the faculty. Students who engage in any prohibited or unlawful acts that result in the disruption of a class may be directed by the faulty to leave the class. Violation of any classroom or
Valencia’s rules may lead to disciplinary actions up to and including expulsion from Valencia. Disciplinary action could

include being withdrawn from class, disciplinary warnings, probation, suspension, expulsion, or other appropriate and authorized actions.
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You must come to class prepared, with all of the reading competed for that day.
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Do not engage a private conversation while class is in session, including when other students are speaking, during a video, etc.
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Be punctual. Tardiness is a disruption to the classroom environment. This includes leaving and reentering the room while class is in session.
The course outline and syllabus are subject to change as needed; changes will be announced in class in a timely manner, if and when necessary. Your continued participation in this course after the drop-add deadline period constitutes an agreement with an acceptance of the conditions presented in the syllabus.
Valencia is committed to making sure all our students have a rewarding and successful college experience. To that purpose, Valencia students can get immediate help that may assist them with psychological issues dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, substance abuse, time management as well as relationship problems dealing with school, home or work. Students have 24 hour unlimited access to the Baycare Behavioral
Health’s confidential student assistance program phone counseling services by calling (800) 878-5470. Three free confidential face-to-face counseling sessions are also available to students.
Students with disabilities who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a Notification to Instructor (NTI) form from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with the professor, preferably during the first two weeks of class; accommodations will not be applied retroactively. The Office for Students with
Disabilities determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities. West Campus SSB, Rm.
102, Phone: 407-582-1523, Fax: 407-582-1326
September 1 - Introduction to class, syllabus and policies
September 3
– Topic: What is theatre?
HW : read pgs. 1-5
September 8 – Topic: Greek theatre
HW : Read pgs. 30-38 + Bring the list of specific vocabulary in class (on blackboard)
September 10 – Topic: Greek theatre
HW : Read Aristotle's Poetics (on blackboard)
September 15
– Topic: Roman theatre
HW: Read “The pot of gold” by Plautus (on Blackboard) + print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
September 17
– Topic: Roman theatre and tragedy
September 22
– Topic: Medieval theatre
HW: read pgs. 122-129 + print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
September 24 – Topic: Renaissance theatre (Context and History)

HW: read pgs. 146-155
September 29
– Topic:
Renaissance theatre (Italian theatre)
October 1 – Topic: Renaissance theatre (Elizabethan theatre)
HW: Read “A midsummer night's dream” by Shakespeare (on Blackboard)
October 6
– Topic: Renaissance theatre (Elizabethan theatre)
October 8 – No class
October 13 - Topic: Classicism XVII
HW: read pgs. 300-304
October 15
– Topic: Enlightenment XVIII
HW: read pgs. 305-316, and pgs. 317341 (“Tartuffe” by Molière)
October 20
– Topic: Enlightenment XVIII
October 22
–
Exam review
HW: prepare for exam 1
October 27 – Exam 1
October 29
– Topic: Japanese theatre (Noh)
HW: read pgs. 308-309 + print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
November 3 – Topic: Japanese theatre (Noh)
November 5
– Topic: Japanese theatre (Kabuki)
Print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
November 10 – Topic: Indian theatre (Kathakali)
Print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
November 12
– Topic: Indian theatre (Kathakali)
Print the list of specific vocabulary and bring it in class (on Blackboard).
November 17
– Topic: Indian theatre (Mohiniyattam and Kalaripayattu)
November 19
– Topic: Romantism of the 19 th century
HW: read pgs. 361-371
November 24 – Topic: Theatre of the early and mid-twentieth century (Stanislavski, Brecht...)
HW: read pgs. 494-506
November 26 – No class. Thanksgiving break
December 1 - Topic: Theatre of the mid-twentieth century (Living theatre...)
December 3
– Topic: Performance and Body art.
December 8
– Topic: Performance and Body art.
+ Performance essay due in class.
December 10 – Topic: Contemporary theatre
HW: read “Phaedra's love” by Sarah Kane (on blackboard)
December 15
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No class.
Prepare for final exam
December 17 – FINAL EXAM:
If your class meets T/R at 11.30 AM-12.45 PM, your exam is Thursday 17, 2015 at 10.00 AM-
12.30 PM.
If your class meets T/R at 2.30 PM-3.45 PM, your exam is Tursday 17 at 1.00 PM - 3.30 PM.