Modern drama
P Fitzpatrick
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject looks at the emergence of modernist dramatic forms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly in Europe. The focus is on `realism' and some of the major responses to it. Tutorials will emphasise practical and critical exploration of the texts and performance styles usually associated with a range of artistic movements such as naturalism, symbolism, expressionism, surrealism, and epic theatre. Although required to participate in tutorials, students will not be assessed on their performance skills. Lectures will run for one hour and tutorials for two.
Assessment
Exercise (1500 words): 30% * Long essay (3000 words): 50% * Seminar participation: 20%
Prescribed texts
Brecht Fear and Misery in the Third Reich Methuen
Buchner Woyzek OUP
Chekov Five plays OUP
Esson Dead Timber, The Drovers Department of English, Monash U
Ibsen Four major plays OUP
Jarry Ubu Rex Methuen
Maeterlinck The Intruder English Dept, Monash U
Pirandello Naked Masks Dutton
Strindberg The Ghost Sonata English Dept, Monash U
Wedekind Spring's Awakening Methuen
Wilde Salome Faber
Recommended texts
Bentley (ed.) The theory of the modern stage Pelican