AJ16068 British Drama and Theatre Since Modernism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 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 14:10–15:45 J21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will present a survey of the history of British drama from 1890 to the present. Students will understand transformations of the genre, its influences and developments. It will enhance students' ability to work critically with dramatic texts and critical literature. It will deepen their understanding of work with multimedia sources (such as performance archival materials), performance analysis and cultural studies. Students will learn to discuss drama and theatre in their social, artistic, aesthetic and historical contexts.
Syllabus
  • Week 2, September 29 Introduction Week 3, October 6 G. B. Shaw: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893) Week 4, October 13 G. B. Shaw: Androcles and the Lion (1912) Week 5, October 20 Noël Coward: Hay Fever (1925) Week 6, October 27 T. S. Eliot: Family Reunion (1939) Week 7, November 3 John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (1956) Week 8, November 10 Harold Pinter: Birthday Party (1957) Week 9, November 17: No class (national holiday) Week 10, November 24 Tom Stoppard: Travesties (1974) Week 11, December 1 Caryl Churchill: Top Girls (1982) Week 12, December 8 Sarah Kane: Blasted (1995) Week 13, December 15 Patrick Marber: Closer (1997)
Literature
    required literature
  • COCHRANE, Claire. Twentieth-century british theatre : industry, art and Empire. First paperback edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, x, 353. ISBN 9780521464888. info
  • SHEPHERD, Simon. The Cambridge introduction to modern British theatre. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xvi, 250. ISBN 9780521869867. info
  • INNES, Christopher. Modern British drama : the tweentieth century. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xxvii, 572. ISBN 9780521016759. info
    recommended literature
  • SIERZ, Aleks. Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Plays and Playwrights). London: Methuen Drama, 2011, 278 pp. ISBN 978-1-4081-1238-0. info
  • ASTON, Elaine. Feminist views on the English stage : women playwrights, 1990-2000. First paperback printing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, x, 238. ISBN 9780521800037. info
  • BILLINGTON, Michael. State of the nation : British theatre since 1945. Paperback edition first publ. London: Faber and Faber, 2009, ix, 435. ISBN 9780571210497. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Victorian and Edwardian theatre. Edited by Kerry Powell. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xv, 288. ISBN 052179157X. info
  • SMART, John. Twentieth century British drama. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 128 s. ISBN 052179563X. info
  • British theatre between the wars 1918-1939. Edited by Clive Barker - Maggie B. Gale. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, ix, 260. ISBN 9780521624077. info
  • SHELLARD, Dominic. British theatre since the war. First published in paperback. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, viii, 259. ISBN 0300087373. info
  • EYRE, Richard and Nicholas WRIGHT. Changing stages : a view of British theatre in the twentieth century. First published. London: Bloomsbury, 2000, 400 stran. ISBN 0747547890. info
  • DAVIS, Tracy C. The economics of the British stage : 1800-1914. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xviii, 506. ISBN 9780521571159. info
Teaching methods
Introductory lectures; class discussion; groupwork (discussion); A/V materials (analysis); final research paper
Assessment methods
Final research paper (5-7 pages, MLA) - 60; In-class participation - 20%; Reading journal (4 total; submission before the class) - 20%.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
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