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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)
- Contact teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for a credit (assessment)
- 15 hours per semester
- Data/material collection
- 10 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
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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 contemporary British drama. The development of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century and at the beginning of the 21st century will be followed chronologically, and the discussion will be based on chosen primary and secondary texts. The course will concentrate, for example, on the Theatre of the Absurd, political theatre, feminist theatre and In-Yer-Face theatre.
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 and theoretical chapters from the syllabus, 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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Innes, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge. 2002.
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Luckhurst, Mary, ed. A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama 1880 - 2005. Chichester. 2010.
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Sierz, Aleks. In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today. London. 2001.
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Wandor, M. Post-war British Drama : Looking back in Gender. London: Routledge, 2001.
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