Objectives and competences
To familiarize students with a selection of a range of dramatic texts from Medieval and Elizabethan drama to the present in their historical and cultural (as well as global) contexts; to consolidate knowledge of drama and theatre terminology; to practice skills of review and critique while viewing film and video adaptations (and live performance, whenever available); to see drama as a medium that is personally and politically expressive; to explore the pedagogical potential of drama.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Evolving dramatic genres in the historical or modern context
• Close study of selected plays and dramatists
• Elizabethan drama: tragedy, comedy and history plays
• Modern dramatic movements: Angry Young Man, Absurdist, Open Theatre etc.
• Comparison to other non-British plays in English
• Language, style and rhetoric
• English Drama in Slovene translation
• Theatrical terminology and devices
• Theories of acting and performance
• Traditional and contemporary staging, filmed adaptations
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures,
• seminars.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course student will be able to:
• Do close textual analysis of a dramatic text
• Identify the main dramatic and theatrical conventions
• Critique and review drama performances
• Relate dramatic texts and performances to cultural, historical and political context
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• Development of listening skills in English
• Critical thinking and participation in debate
Readings
Will in svet: kako je Shakespeare postal Shakespeare. Beletrina, 2016.
Patrice Pavis. Gledališki slovar. Prev. Igor Lampret. Mestno gledališče ljubljansko, 1997.
Dodatni viri:
Theatre in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology. Ed. David Krasner. Blackwell, 2007.
Early Modern English Drama: A Critical Companion. Ed. G. A. Sullivan, P. Cheney et. al. Oxford, 2005.
E. M. W. Tillyard, The Elizabethan World Picture. Vintage, 1959.
Lisa Picard, Elizabethan London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Prerequisits
Attendance of 80% and regular completion of coursework are required for taking the exam.
A passing grade on the written exam is required for a passing final grade.
Additional information on implementation and assessment • Oral presentations and in-class discussions - 20%
• Written work - 30%
• Written examination -50%
A passing grade on the written exam is required for a passing final grade.
