Through its focus on dramatic literature as a written art form, Text Analysis fulfills the goals of the Literary Analysis core by cultivating students ability to interpret how language, structure, and genre shape meaning and to construct written interpretations grounded in textual evidence. The course situates theatre as a mode of literary inquiry, enabling students to apply critical reading and analytical writing skills transferable to all forms of literary study. Prerequisite: 104 or C or higher in 105 or C or higher in 195. LA