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Lecturer(s)
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Kalavská Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction The Theatre of the Absurd - Harold Pinter: The Dumb Waiter (1960) and Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1953) The Theatre of the Absurd - Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966) New Departure - Tom Stoppard: Professional Foul (1978) The Feminist Alternative - Caryl Churchill: Top Girls (1982) The Collision of Cultures - Ayub Khan-Din: East is East (1997) Stand-up Theatre - Claire Dowie: Adult Child/Dead Child (1987) and/or Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? (1990) In-Yer-Face - Patrick Marber: Closer (1997) Verbatim Theatre - Tanika Gupta: Gladiator Games (2005)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to enhance the knowledge of the students in the field of the contemporary British drama. The development of the British drama of the second half of the twentieth century will be followed chronologically and will be based on chosen primary texts which in many cases correspond with the strains of a particular period. Chosen plays will be analysed and in some cases compared with the film version.
Students will deepen their knowledge of British drama and will be able to analyze plays.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment, Creative work analysis
The attendance of the seminars is obligatory. Students will get the credits provided they will read all the plays from the list, they will participate actively during the seminars and perform a part of a chosen play.
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Recommended literature
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Aston, E., Reinelt, J. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights. 1st edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Lambert, J.W. Drama in Britain 1964 - 1973. Harlow: Longman, 1974.
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Wandor, M. Post-war British Drama : Looking back in Gender. London: Routledge, 2001.
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