EUROPEAN 207

European Drama: Greatest Hits

Description

This course, taught by specialists in Drama, English and European Languages and Literature, presents a rich and varied survey of European drama through the study of landmark plays that illustrate the development of dramatic and theatrical conventions in European drama.

A recurring theme is how dramatic form and performance reflect cultural and social context. Dramatic forms and playwrights featured in the course range from a seventeenth-century court masque by Ben Jonson and French classical theatre to Goethe, Ibsen, Chekhov, Lorca, Pirandello, Beckett and Handke.

The assessment option of a scene presentation provides students with the opportunity to explore considerations related to performance and to bring the works studied to life.

Assessment:

Coursework only

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for EUROPEAN 207.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2024

Not taught in 2024

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Stephan Resch

Reading/Texts

Readings will be available through CANVAS/Talis via Modules.

Points

EUROPEAN 207: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points passed in BA courses or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice

Restrictions

EUROPEAN 307