Textual Interpretation and Analysis IV

The capstone of the script-analysis sequence, this course is about choosing the right critical lens — psychoanalytic, cognitive, Marxist, feminist, historicist — for the specific play you're putting on stage, rather than treating analysis as a generic academic exercise. Most weeks revolve around close readings and discussions of texts tied to your second Senior Project production, with a short paper at midterm and a full paper by the end. It's the point where everything from earlier interpretation courses converges with the realities of staging, so the analysis you do here directly shapes the directorial and dramaturgical choices in your final show.