93514 DRAMA 1660 - 1898

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
97	93514 	S2  	D 	DRAMA 1660 - 1898         	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

93529

SYNOPSIS:

The  study  of dramatic texts provides insights into human experiences
and places these experiences in the context of society.

This  unit  examines the history, theory, texts and  practice  of  the
major  Western Theatre developments between the restoration of theatre
in England and the establishment of the Moscow Art Theatre.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. a knowledge of the theory and practice of theatre at specific
   times and in particular places from 1660-1898;
   
2. an understanding of how the theatre of this period helped
   shape the Western Theatre tradition;
   
3. a detailed knowledge of specific texts drawn from the period.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

The Restoration period in England

Restoration Comedy

Moliere and Racine

European developments:  Racine to Goethe

Buchner and Romantic Drama

Nineteenth Century Melodrama

Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov

"Naturalism"

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Racine, J, Phaedra and other Plays, Penguin Edition.

Buchner, G, Woyzeck, Methuen Edition.

Chekhov, A, Plays, Penguin Edition.

Ibsen, H, Four Major Plays, Fjelde, R, ed, latest edition, Signer
Classics, N.Y.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Nicoll, A, 1955-59, History of English Drama, 1660-1900, 6 vols.,
London.

Summers, M, 1934, The Restoration Theatre, An Account of the Staging
of Plays in the Restoration Theatre in the years 1660-82, London.

Stove, G W, ed, 1960, The London Stage, 1660-1800, Carbondale, III.

Disher, M W, 1949, Blood and Thunder, mid-Victorian Melodrama and its
Origins, London.

Rowell, G, 1978, The Victorian Theatre, a survey, London.

Myer, M, Henrik Ibsen.

Hartnoll, P, ed, latest edition, The Oxford Companion to the
Theatre, O.U.P., London.

Brockett, O G, latest edition, History of the Theatre.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	20
Tutorials/Workshops                           	40
Private Study                                 	105

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL
1   S              T.B.A.    TUTORIAL/WORKSHOP                         20.00     N
2   S              12/09/97  ASSIGNMENT                                30.00
3   S              END S2    EXAMINATION                               50.00     N