English Literature - 20th Century Drama

Code:

LLC088

Acronym:

LID_20

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	0	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	43	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	2	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	0	Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This programme aims to acquaint students with prevalent strands in British drama since the mid-twentieth century. It will focus on the work of four playwrights who represent a variety of modes on the British stage in the relevant period, whilst also allowing for a recognition of the grounds for the global acknowledgement (literary as much as theatrical) of such a dramatic corpus. Study of the primary texts will be preceded and supported by a presentation and discussion of critical / theoretical notions on drama and the theatre, as well as by a brief overview of relevant historical contexts.

Program

1. Drama and the theatre: from the place of drama in the genre system to its full actualisation on stage.
2. Contemporary British drama: an overview of relevant historical and cultural frameworks.
3. John Osborne, Look Back in Anger (1956): representations of individual insurgency and historical discomfort.
4. Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1955): paucity of language and lack of meaning -- the avant-gardes and the human condition in the Post-war period.
5 . Harold Pinter, The Homecoming (1965): on the uses of language, chronicles of power and dissension.
6. Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine (1979): feminist utopia and/or queer utopia? Shattered identities and possible reconfigurations.


Bibliography:

1. Primary Sources:

John Osborne, Look Back in Anger (London: Faber, 1978)
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (London: Faber, 2006)
Harold Pinter, The Homecoming (London: Faber, 1991)
Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine (London: Nick Hern Books, 2006)


2. Secondary Sources*
Michael Billington, State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 (London: Faber, 2007).
Keir Elam, The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama (London: Methuen, 1980).
Cristopher Innes, Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century (Cambridge: C.U.P., 2002).
Dominic Shellard, British Theatre since the War (New Haven and London: Yale U.P., 2000).
* additional information will be provided in the course of the semester

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, seminars and tutorials. Active student participation will be regarded as fundamental for an adequate fulfilment of the course's goals.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Trabalho escrito	33,00		2013-02-09
	Exame	2,00		2013-02-09
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	75	2013-02-09
	Total:	75,00

Eligibility for exams

Students will have to attend a minimum 75% of classes, unless special legal dispositions apply.

Calculation formula of final grade

Essay or report - 30%; exam - 70%.
In the tutorials students will be expected to deliver short oral assignments, sometimes complemented by written work.
The exam will be graded 0-20 (in accordance with standard practice).

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n/a

Classification improvement

Please see the Faculty's Guidelines for Assessment ("Normas de Avaliação") for the relevant regulations.

Observations

This course will be integrally taught and assessed in English.