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Theatre and Education
THTRE 630 AFulfills 3 hrs of Fine Arts & Aesthetic Interpretation Credit11872Spring 2023MWF 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.Enter ‘11872’ in your enrollment cartThis course provides an overview of the teaching of Theatre/Drama on the K-12 level. It incorporates the fundamental principles of pedagogical techniques, practical approaches to producing student work and current educational research centered on the K-12 Theatre/Drama classroom.Instructor: Shannon Blake Skelton, sbskelton@ksu.edu (permission required)
Horror CinemaTheatre 630 DFulfills 3 hrs of Fine Arts & Aesthetic Interpretation CreditSpring 2023MWF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.Enter ‘15749’ in your enrollment carthttps://www.instagram.com/kstatehorror/Instructor: Shannon Blake Skelton, sbskelton@ksu.eduHorror stands as one of the most popular and resilient cinematic genres in the world. Though often greeted with disdain and derision – not to mention controversy and contempt – horror cinema remains an insightful mode of exploring a variety of ideas and concerns. This course will provide a survey of the history of horror cinema, while exploring key works, subgenres, filmmakers, styles, and critical approaches.Topics include: theories of horror; international horrors; monster theory; zombies, slashers and vampires; silent horrors; the abject; intertextuality; representation, race and ethnicity; parody; Queer horror; genre hybridity; adaptation; the “splatter” film; aesthetics and design; gender dynamics; found footage; body horror; fan discourse; class; Universal Monsters and much more . . .