FF:AJ24101 Tom Stoppard, playwright - Course Information

AJ24101 Tom Stoppard, playwright

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 16:00–17:40 G32

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature (Eng.) (programme FF, N-FI)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Literature Comparatistics (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-GK)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-TV)

Course objectives

Students will learn:
- Selected knowledge from the development of British drama in the second half of the 20th century
- To critically evaluate dramatic works by one of the most important conteporary playwrights and analyze them in context

Syllabus

• Tom Stoppard's life and work (a critical approach)
• Early works (RGAD, Hound)
• Radio plays and smaller works
• Political activism, political plays
• Comedies of ideas
• Science plays
• Film scripts and adaptations

Literature

• The Cambridge companion to Tom Stoppard. Edited by Katherine E. Kelly. Repr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xvi, 244. ISBN 0521645921. info
• SAMMELLS, Neil. Tom Stoppard : the artist as critic. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, xi, 162 p. ISBN 0-312-00534-225. info
• BIGSBY, C. W. E. Tom Stoppard. Edited by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Harlow: Published for the British Council by Longman Group, 1976, 32 p. ISBN 0582012627. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

lectures, class discussion, critical analysis of dramatic works, analysis of audio-visual materials (films, stagings)

Assessment methods

Class participation
Essay

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

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