Lehrende/r: Dr. Patrick Gill; Dr. habil. Michal Lachman
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 8,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Anmeldegruppe: ELC 410
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: This seminar is taught by our guest lecturer Dr. habil. Michal Lachman (Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz).
Anwesenheitspflicht: Beachten Sie die Hinweise Ihrer Prüfungsordnung.
Inhalt: The course provides a general overview of the twentieth century British drama and theatre. It consists of the most important, influential and significant plays which are regarded as turning points in the development of the dramatic and theatrical form. Beginning with the Modernist period and closing with examples of plays from the 1990s, the course allows the students to see the diversity and variety which compose the artistic profile of the British dramatic literature as well as its selected theatre productions. The course also attempts to provide an overview of topics and thematic preoccupations with which modern British drama has engaged in reflecting the changing society and culture. The course will be conducted as a combination of lecture and discussion. The lecture is going to cover a wide range of names, including W.B. Yeats, G.B. Shaw, J.M. Synge, S. Beckett, H. Pinter, S. Kane and M. Ravenhill. For the discussion part, students are asked to read the following plays in full:
