Universität Wien

120176 AR Harold Pinter's One Act Plays (2008S)

1.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

ECTS 343 Diplomstudium nach UniStG: 2.00

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.04. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 09.04. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 16.04. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 23.04. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 30.04. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 07.05. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 14.05. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 21.05. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 28.05. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 04.06. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 11.06. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 18.06. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 25.06. 11:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

From his earliest days as dramatist, Nobel prize winner Harold Pinter has been writing one-act plays which reveal his full range as a writer.
Beginning with the ¿absurd' early plays The Room, The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache, we will deal with his excursions into psychology (Victoria Station, A Kind of Alaska, Family Voices), till we arrive at the more political plays Mountain Language, and Party Time.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Introduction to one of the most popular British dramatists and his development as an artist.

Examination topics

Application of communication theory, sociological role theory and various psychological approaches; oral presentation; all-class discussion of mandatory readings; seminar paper (10-12 pages) or a final written test at the end of the term.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

323, 324

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