DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH COMMUNICATIONAND THEATRE ARTS

College of Arts and Letters

Theatre 11 Course Outline

Course No:             Theatre 11*

Course Title:                       Dula at Palabas

Course Description: An introductory survey to Philippine Theatre from

                                          rituals to contemporary forms.

Prerequisite:                        None

Course Credit:                     3 units

Domain:                              Arts and Humanities

I.          Rituals and Ceremonies                                     Week 1

A.                       Rituals

B.                       Songs and Dances

C.                       Customs

II.       Short Dramas, Plays and Playlets 

                                          A. Non-Secular (Religious) Drama                          Week 2-3

            1. Short Dramatizations- salubong, panunuluyan, pastores, 

          tatlong       hari, osana, via crusis, siete palabras

2.      Full-length – Senakulo, Moriones, Tibag

                                          B. Secular                                                             

                                                      1. Komedya                                               Week 4

2. Sarswela                                                Week 5

III.         Seditious plays, romantic drama                         Week 6

IV.         Drama Simbolico                                             Week 7

                                  V.         Bodabil or ‘Stageshows”                                    Week 8-9

                                 VI.       Western Plays (Legitimate Plays)             Week 10

        VII.       Academic Theatre                                               Week 11-12

                       VIII.         Filipino Plays in English                            Week 13-14

                           IX.       Plays in some Philippine Languages                      Week 15-16

REFERENCES:

Bonifacio, Amelia  L. Seditious Philippine Playwrights. Manila: Zarzuela Foundation of the    Philippines, Inc., 1972.

Casanova, Arthur.      Kasaysayan at Pagunlad ng Dulaang Pilipino.

                                   Manila: Rex Bookstore, 1984.

Fernandez, Doreen. Palabas Essays on Philippine Theater History.

                                Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1996

_______________. Iloilo Zarzuela In Performance . 1903-1930. Quezon City:

                                Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1978.

Mojares, Resil B.    Theatre in Society, Society in Theatre (Social History of a

Cebuano Villages 1840-1940). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University         Press, 1985.

Riggs, Arthur.         The Filipino Drama. Manila: Intramuros Administration, 1981

Tiongson, Nicanor. Kasaysayan ng Komedya sa Pilipinas: 1766-1982. Manila:

                                 Integrated Research Center De La Salle University, !982.

_______________. (What is Philippine Drama?)

_______________. Kasaysayan at Estetika ng Sinakulo at Ibang Dulaang                    

                                Panrelihiyon.  Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1975

REQUIREMENTS:

                                    Individual Reports

                                    Term Paper

                                    Final Exam

                                    Quizzes