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Modern drama
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- 2. MODERN DRAMA • Modernday dramatic performances, live as well as those treated in different mediums of film and television, owe a lot to the genre of drama of antiquity.
- 3. • Building uponthe prior knowledge of the key elements of the literary terms and techniques of drama learnt by students in the course of Classical Drama, this course will present some modern plays of the late nineteenth and twentieth century which have influenced the development of English drama. (Though the knowledge of literary terms acquired in Classical Drama will be of great help, yet this course can be studied as an entirely independent module).
- 4. • The dramassuggested for this course lend a considerable amount of variety to different forms of tragedy and comedy.
- 5. • The courseis designed to impart, discuss, evaluate, and above all enjoy the spirit of modern drama.
- 6. • The socio-culturalaspects of society reflected in the drama of the selected age will also be highlighted along with its significance in our modern world.
- 7. COURSE OBJECTIVES • .An overview of some of the most influential dramatists of modern age and their works with reference to their themes and dramatic techniques.
- 8. • An emphasison how certain dramatists are related to new ideas about the role of the theatre and its method.
- 9. • A numberof literary texts are read together with critical and theoretical discussions.
- 10. COURSE CONTENTS • 1.Ibsen, Henrik A Doll’s House, (1879) • 2. Shaw, G. B.Arms and the Man (1894) / Man and Superman (1905) • 3. Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot, (1953) • 4. Brecht, Bertolt Life of Galileo (1943) • 5. Harold Pinter The Caretaker (1960) • 6. Anton Chekov Cherry Orchard (1904) • 4 plays will be picked for entire semester.
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