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Class number:
3411
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Title: Democracy on Stage |
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Department: Political Science |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 4 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, LSC - 133 |
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Instructor(s): Litvin, Boris |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
Course Description:
This course investigates the relationship between stagecraft, representation, and collective agency in democratic life. Insofar as democracy aspires to maintain vibrant public conversations, this course considers how citizens are shaped by communal performances of myths, stories, and other manifestations of theater. How does theater cultivate democratic practices-and how might it perpetuate marginalization? Is there something theatrical at the core of democratic belonging? Investigating these questions, we turn to ancient Greek dramas, then place them into conversation with modern political theoretic debates about art and politics, and then consider recent transformations in stagecraft, focusing especially on social media and populism. |