FF:AJL55056 Arthur Miller, Playwright - Course Information

AJL55056 Arthur Miller, Playwright

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, 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

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-AJ_)
• 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 American 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

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- discuss the life and works of one of the most prominent British playwrights in the 20th Century - Tom Stoppard;
- analyze a play script;
- analyze a theatre performance;
- discuss critical features of a play from various theoretical perspectives;
- write an essay about a theatre production within the context of the development of Tom Stoppard's career as a playwright.

Syllabus

• Arthur Miller's life and work (a critical approach)
  Early works
  Later works
  Radio plays and smaller works
  Film scripts and adaptations
  Political activism
  Other genres (essays, fiction)

Literature

• BIGSBY, C. W. E. Arthur Miller : 1962-2005. First paperback edition. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2013, xiii, 589. ISBN 9780472118175. info
• BIGSBY, C. W. E. Arthur Miller : 1915-1962. Paperback edition. London: Phoenix, 2009, x, 739. ISBN 9780753826157. info
• BIGSBY, C. W. E. A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama. Vol. 2, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1982, viii, 355. ISBN 0-521-25811-1. info

Teaching methods

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

Assessment methods

Class participation
Position papers
Essay

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught: every other week.

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