AJ_SBD Contemporary British Drama

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable
Mon 12:30–13:15 učebna 57
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with the development of British drama from the end of the 19th century till 1989. The emphasis is being put on the British response to European dramatic production from Ibsen to Stoppard. In the end students are supposed to give proper analysis of contemporary dramatic texts.
Syllabus
  • Topics:
  • 1. Henrik Ibsen and G.B. Shaw.
  • 2. B. Brecht and Robert Bold.
  • 3. Angry young men.
  • 4. S. Beckett and Harold Pinter.
  • 5. Edward Bond and Tom Stoppard.
  • 6. Peter Shaeffer and well-made-play.
Literature
  • INNES, Christopher. Modern British drama :the tweentieth century. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xxvii, 572. ISBN 0-521-01675-4. info
  • TAYLOR, John Russell. Anger and after : a guide to the new British drama. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963, 351 s. info
  • NICOLL, Allardyce. British drama : an historcial survey from the beginnings to the present time. 4th ed. rev. London: George G. Harrap, 1947, vii, 532 p. info
Assessment methods
Lecture.
- home reading
- critical reading
- final discussion
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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