AJPV_MADM Modern Anglo-American Drama

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_MADM/PV: Thu 13:25–14:10 učebna 57, P. Doležel
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course deals with the development of Anglo-America drama from the end of the 19th century till 1989. The emphasis is being put on the Anglo-Saxon response to European dramatic production from Ibsen to Albee. 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. Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams.
  • 4. S. Beckett and Harold Pinter.
  • 5. Edward Bond and Tom Stoppard.
  • 6. Edward Albee.
Literature
  • INNES, Christopher. Modern British drama :the tweentieth century. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xxvii, 572. ISBN 0-521-01675-4. info
  • BIGSBY, C. W. E. A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1982, viii, 355. ISBN 0521277175. info
  • TAYLOR, John Russell. Anger and after : a guide to the new British drama. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963, 351 s. info
Teaching methods
Listening to, semiotic analysis, and discussing selected materials.
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.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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