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CURSO:DRAMA
TRADUCCION:DRAMA
SIGLA:LET0327
CREDITOS:10
MODULOS:02
CARACTER:MINIMO
TIPO:CATEDRA
CALIFICACION:ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA:LITERATURA
PALABRAS CLAVE:DRAMA, TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE, THEATRE, MODERNISM
NIVEL FORMATIVO:PREGRADO


I.DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

This course is focused on the study of the specificity of the dramatic genre and the different forms American and British theatre explore during the twentieth century and the beginning of the new century. A selection of plays by Williams, Albee, Beckett, Mamet, Churchill, LaBute and others, will be studied.


II.RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE

1.To analyze the characteristics of the dramatic genre and the different forms of American and British drama.

2.To differentiate between a number of different dramatic categories.

3.To provide a coherent and comprehensive theoretical framework for the analysis of the dramatic genre, noy only as a literary form but also as a system of signs on the stage.

4.To build reports and essays.


III.CONTENIDOS

1.The dramatic text: relationship between text and performance.

2.Dramatis personae/figure, dramatic dialogue: functions of language and verbal communication.

3.Drama and the dramatic. Dramatic shape. Stage directions. Structures of time and space.

4.Theatricality Intertextuality.

5.Realism, Theatre of the Absurd, Postmodern and Post-Dramatic Theatre, Feminist Theatre.

6.Theater Semiotics, historical and cultural contexts, communication systems, family construction,
representation of the city and representation of the body.


IV.ESTRATEGIAS METODOLOGICAS

-Lectures.

-Group discussion.

-Exploration of dramatic texts and practices through dramatic performance and experiment in class.


V.ESTRATEGIAS EVALUATIVAS

-Written/oral work (3 reports, 1 theatre review, 1 dramatic reading): 25%

-Class presentation: 10%

-Tests: 65%, made up of:

-Mid-term take home test: 30%

-In class final test: 20%

-Oral test: 15%


VI.BIBLIOGRAFIA

Compulsory Readings, Dramatic Texts

Albee, Edward, The Zoo Story. Concise Anthology of American Lit. New York, Macmillan, 1985.

Beckett, Samuel, Waiting for Godot. London, Faber and Faber, 1986.

Churchill, Caryl, Top Girls. London, Methuen, 1991.

LaBute, Neil, Fat Pig. New York, Faber and Faber, 2004.

Mamet, David, Oleanna. London, Methuen, 1993.

Pinter, Harold, The Caretaker. New York, Grove Press, 1960.

Russell, Willy, Educating Rita. London, Longman, 1980.

Williams, Tennessee, A Street Car Named Desire. London, Methuen, 1984.


Complementary: Theory and Criticism

Aston, Elaine, Caryl Churchill. London, Northcote House Publishers, 2001.

An Introduction to Feminism and Theatre. London, Routledge, 1995.

Aston, Elaine & George Savona, Theatre as a Sign System. London, Routledge, 1991.

Ellison, Season M., LaBute or LaBrute: Negotiating Misogyny and Social Critique.

Esslin, Martin, The Theatre of the Absurd. Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1968.

Ganz, Arthur (ed.), Pinter: A Collection of Critical Essays. NJ, Prentice Hall Inc., 1972.

Graver, Lawrence, Beckett's Waiting for Godot. U.K., Cambridge UP, 1989.

Lehman, Hans-Thies, Post Dramatic Theatre. UK, Routledge, 2006.

Pfister, Manfred, The Theory and Analysis of Drama. U.K., Cambridge UP, 1988.


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FACULTAD DE LETRAS / AGOSTO 2021