FF:AJ25056 Arthur Miller, Playwright - Course Information
AJ25056 Arthur Miller, Playwright
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2017
- 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
- each even Monday 14:10–15:45 G22
- 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
- there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- 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 - 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)
- Arthur Miller's life and work (a critical approach)
- 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)
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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