Module Identifier |
DR31120 |
Module Title |
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA |
Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
Co-ordinator |
Dr David I Rabey |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Pre-Requisite |
DR10120 , DR10220 |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 10 Hours |
|
Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours |
Assessment |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 55% |
|
Semester Assessment | Essay: 2,500 words | 35% |
|
Semester Assessment | Seminar Presentation: | 10% |
Aims
- To examine a selection of contemporary British and Irish texts.
- To consider theatrical problems and consequences of previous and possible productions.
Learning Outcomes:
Typically, upon completion of this module students should be able:
- To shown an analytical understanding of a range of dramatic texts and production issues.
- To organise informed and original arguments reflecting research and independent thought in the subject area of the course.
- To demonstrate an intelligent awareness of current debates about the social purpose of drama during the period under review.
- To co-operate as part of a group in presenting an argument in the analysis of course material.
Content:
A course of directed reading and weekly discussion, moving through waters imperfectly navigated by most of the existing literary criticism which ostensibly relates to it.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
O'Rowe, Mark.
Howie the Rookie. Nick Hern Books
Ravenhill, Mark.
Shopping and F###ing. Methuen
Rudkin, David.
The Saxon Shore. Copies available from the department
Thomas, Edward.
Gas Station Angel. Methuen
Wertenbaker, Timberlake.
Plays: 1. Faber
Barker, Howard.
Collected Plays 5. Calder
Barnes, Peter.
Dreaming. Methuen
Bond, Edward.
Lear. Methuen
Jones, Marie.
Stones in his Pockets. Nick Hern Books
Friel, Brian.
Translations. Faber
Cartwright, Jim.
I Licked a Slag's Deodorant. Copies available from the Department
Churchill, Caryl.
The Skriker. Nick Hern Books
Kane, Sarah.
Complete Plays. Methuen
Marber, Patrick.
Closer. Nick Hern Books
** Recommended Background
Barker, Howard. (1997)
Arguments for a Theatre (3rd ed.).
Davies, Hazel Walford (ed.). (1988)
State of Play: 4 Playwrights of Wales.
Demastes, William W. (ed.). (1996)
British Playwrights 1956 - 1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook.
Rabey, David Ian. (1989)
Howard Barker: Politics and Desire.
Rabey, David Ian. (1994)
'The Bite of Exiled Love: Abjective Protagonists in Some Contemporary Anglo-Irish Dramas', in Essays in Theatre, 13, No. 1, Nov. 1994 29 - 44.
Rabey, David Ian. (1997)
David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience.
Rabey, David Ian. (2002)
English Drama Since 1940. Longman
Shank, Theodore (ed.). (1995)
Modern British Theatre.
Sierz, Aleks. (2000)
In-Yer Face Theatre. Faber