Course: Contemporary British Drama

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Course title Contemporary British Drama
Course code KAA/SOBD
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kleprlík Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Angry Young Men John Osborne: Look Back in Anger (act one) Theatre of the Absurd Harold Pinter: The Dumb Waiter So called "Second Wave" Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Tom Stoppard: Professional Foul Women playwrights Caryl Churchill: either Top Girls or Cloud Nine Charlotte Keatley: My Mother said I never should Immigration and the second generation Ayub Khan-Din: East is East

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
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.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
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 present a chosen play.
Recommended literature
  • Aston, E., Reinelt, J. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights. 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Lambert, J.W. Drama in Britain 1964 - 1973. Harlow : Longman, 1974.
  • Wandor, M. Post-war British Drama : Looking back in Gender. London : Routledge, 2001.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): - (2015) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English Language Teacher Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English Language Teacher Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter