Learning outcomes 
Upon completion of the course in 13 sessions, students should be able to understand, recognize, analyze and interpret movements, tendencies, characteristics, theatre writers and plays of the European theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries, in relation to thematic, rhetorical style and scenic representation, and to their historical, political, social and cultural background.
General Competences 
•    The learning, understanding and interpreting of theatre writers and their plays during the period of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe, and specifically in England, France, Germany, Spain and Italy,
•    The connexion of the theatre writers and their plays with the historical, political, social and cultural background,
•    The recognition, analysis and interpretation of the movements, tendencies, and aesthetics which shape these writers and their plays, and
•    The study of indicative plays, in purpose to culture and finalize the students’ ability to interpret these play writers and their theatrical production, and to integrate them in a specific historical, national and cultural background.