John Kissingford
e-mail: jkissingford@ouray.k12.co.us
Voicemail or Text: 970-325-3501
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Dramatic Literature is a college preparatory course for juniors and seniors. It is designed as an inquiry into the nature of drama, through which students develop the skills of analysis and expression that they will need in all their post-secondary pursuits.
Students study Aristotle's Poetics in order to see how his theory of action illuminates stories in all media, including plays as Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Twelfth Night, A Doll House, All My Sons, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, and Fences.
Students will write papers in a variety of modes: creative, expository, analytical, argumentative. At least one of the papers will require significant research and documentation in MLA style. Lessons in the mechanics of the English language will grow out of the writing, revision, and editing process. The culminating project is an original one-act play that demonstrates the Aristotelian principles we have studied.
Materials:
You will need the following supplies with you every day:
Journal Looseleaf section Relevant texts
Pen or pencil Chromebook
For more detailed expectations, see this page.