123230 AR Literature Course (interactive) (2018S)
The Dawn of Modern English Drama
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 21.02.2018 00:00 to Tu 27.02.2018 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 19.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 16.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 30.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 14.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 28.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 11.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Monday 25.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this interactive course we will explore plays from the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century focusing on their innovative features. Although they retain some traditional traits these texts also introduce significant new elements heralding the advent of modern drama. In our analysis of the plays we will consider such issues as structure, character construction, motifs and themes and place the texts in the context of the changing theatrical landscape and the social and cultural history of the respective period.Participants are introduced to a comparatively neglected yet highly significant and fascinating body of works for the stage performed in a period of transition, determined, for example, by experiments in theatre management, the struggle against censorship, and fierce debates about 'The Woman Question'.
Assessment and permitted materials
Regular attendance, oral presentation, active participation in class discussions, final essay to be written in class
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
contributions to discussions in class 20%
oral presentation 30%
final essay 50%Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p
oral presentation 30%
final essay 50%Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p
Examination topics
mandatory texts, presentations, class discussions; contextualisation of the texts
Reading list
George Bernard Shaw: Mrs. Warren's Profession
St. John Hankin: The Return of the Prodigal
Harley Granville Barker: The Voysey Inheritance
John Galsworthy: Strife
Cicely Hamilton: Diana of Dobson's
All the plays are available online
St. John Hankin: The Return of the Prodigal
Harley Granville Barker: The Voysey Inheritance
John Galsworthy: Strife
Cicely Hamilton: Diana of Dobson's
All the plays are available online
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344;
Code/Modul: UF4.2.4-323;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3230
Code/Modul: UF4.2.4-323;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3230
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