Reading DueW. E. B. Du Bois, “Jesus Christ in Texas,” from Darkwater: Voices within the Veil (1920)

Reading DueJerry Rafiki Jenkins, “The Monsters of White Rage,” in Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction (Ohio State University Press, 2024), pages 19-49

Reading DueKimberly Belflower, John Proctor Is the Villain

Character Analysis

Reading DueRe-read John Proctor Is the Villain

Journal DueChoose a specific character—what does the playwright establish as true about this person? What evidence is provided?

Who is the monster in John Proctor Is the Villain?

Journal DueWhat are the BIG IDEAS explored in this play?

Reading DueElinor Fuchs, “Ef’s Visit to a Small Planet,” pages 1-9

Do Your Own Dramaturgy

DueResearch your section’s assigned topic and submit citations for 3 sources (as a Word doc or pdf) on Moodle.

Peerless by Jiehae Park — Davidson College Theatre Department, student-directed and designed (in lieu of the afternoon plenary). Post-show discussion with director, Rafae Kamran and scenic designer, Emma McDonnell, both former Humesters.

Performance/dramaturgy

Reading DueTobin Nellhaus, "A Concise Introduction to Catharsis" from Digital Theatre+

Reading DueLorraine Daston and Katharine Park, “Wonders of Art, Wonders of Nature” from Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150–1750 (1998), pp. 255–301

Library Session: Thinking about Portfolios

Salome and the uncanny

Reading DueSigmund Freud, The Uncanny (1919), pages 1-21

WatchRichard Strauss, Salome (1905)

Reading DueLinda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon, “Staging the Female Body: Richard Strauss’s Salome” from Siren Songs: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Opera, ed. Mary Ann Smart (2000), pp. 204–221

DueArts & Ideas Review due by EOD Friday, October 30

Reading DueBonnie Gordon, “On the Cusp” from Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds (2023), pp. 176–204