Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

LIT 106 — Introduction to Drama

LIT department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• should be able to:
• identify the performance elements in African drama
• differentiate African dramatic features from the western classical notion
• african Theatre and Drama Scholars and their proposition of the tenets of African drama
• discuss the thematic and sociological contexts of African drama

Course contents

Introduction to drama as a literary genre; the performance context of African drama. Origins and evolution of drama from rituals to festivals. Great classical drama to modern english drama. Forms of drama in Africa; comedy, total theatre. Dramatic traditions and major proponents of the traditions.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study LIT 106.

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