January 2021

Chekhov and His Theater

Listed in: Russian, as RUSS-229

Formerly listed as: RUSS-30  |  THDA-21

Moodle site: Course

Faculty

Catherine A. Ciepiela (Section 01J)

Description

Anton Chekhov’s reputation rests as much on his writing for the theater as on his fiction. His plays, whose staging by the Moscow Art Theater helped revolutionize Russian and world theater, endure in the modern repertoire. In this course, we will study his four major plays in their cultural and historical context, drawing on the biographical and critical literature on Chekhov, printed and visual materials concerning the late nineteenth-century European theater, and the writings of figures like Constantine Stanislavsky, who developed a new acting method in response to Chekhov’s art. We also will examine key moments in the production history of Chekhov’s plays in Russian, English, and American theater and film. No knowledge of Russian language or culture is assumed.

January Term. Professor Ciepiela.

Keywords

Attention to Issues of Class, Attention to Issues of Gender and Sexuality, Attention to Speaking, Attention to Writing, Online Only, Transnational or World Cultures Taught in English

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2012, Spring 2014, January 2021, January 2022, Spring 2022