什麼是文化？我們如何鑒別美國戲劇中的文化和表演元素？分享家庭傳統和美國移民的"刻板印象"歷史。本單元為學生提供一些基本概念的概述，諸如"戲劇"、"潮流"、"文化"、"歧異"和"創作"。 What is culture? And how do we identify culture and performance in American theater? A sharing of family traditions and the creation of "stereotypical" history of immigration to the United States. This unit will provide students with a general overview of basic concepts such as theater, movement, culture, diversity, and composition.
Unit II: 非裔美國人的戲劇傳統 Unit II: African American Theatrical Traditions
3-6
什麼是非裔美國人的戲劇傳統？在非裔美國人的舞臺經驗的建構中，音樂與舞蹈具有怎樣的地位？我們會怎樣來講述非裔美國科學家和工程師的歷史故事？在這一單元中，我們將參與名為"非裔美國人活的歷史博物館"的表演，該表演將記錄非裔美國科學家和工程師們的人生。 What are African American traditions of theater? How do music and dance figure in the construction of African American experience on stage? How can we tell historical stories of African American scientists and engineers? In this unit, we will participate in the African American Living History Museum, a performance event that chronicles the lives of African American scientists and engineers.
Unit III: 亞裔美國人的戲劇傳統 Unit III: Asian American Theatrical Traditions
7-12
亞裔美國人的文化遺產是如何通過戲劇來表現的？旅居他鄉的亞裔戲劇作者選擇怎樣的故事來講述？思考黃哲倫的作品《蝴蝶君》 How can theater express Asian American cultural heritage? What sorts of stories do Asian diaspora playwrights chose to tell? A consideration of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly.
Unit IV: 本土美國人和拉丁裔美國人的戲劇傳統 Unit IV: Native American and Latino/a and Chicano Theatrical Traditions
13-18
本土美國人的?事傳統如何在二十一世紀延續？在上世紀中拉丁裔美國人形成了怎樣的戲劇傳統？重點解讀米基·皮尼路（Miguel Pinero）的戲劇作品。 How do Native American traditions of storytelling persist in the twenty-first century? What sorts of Chicano and Latino/a American theatrical traditions have emerged in the past century? A focus on the plays of Miguel Piñero.
