DANM 225 Theater, Drama, and the Pixar Feature

Viewing of the Pixar Animation Studios canon combined with lectures on the major art history movements within discipline of theater history and its attendant dramatic literature: The Marxist Epic: A Bug's Life and the Backstage Musical; Shakespeare's Comedic Weltanschauung: Finding Nemo; Postmodern Criticism: Toy Story; French Romanticism and the Hugo Hero: Monsters, Inc.; Alger, Albee, and The Incredibles' American Dream.