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ENGL238: Twentieth-Century Drama in Context

The unit explores significant drama texts from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in their social, philosophical and theatrical contexts, with specific focus on the relations between ideological factors and dramatic themes and forms. Topics will include sexual politics, obscenity, the desire for utopia, the instability of identity, theatrical space and form, the nature of social justice, relationships between language and power, the catastrophe of history, experiments in dramatic structure, and aspects of staging and performance. Playtexts studied will be selected from works by Ibsen, O'Neill, Brecht, Pirandello, Genet, Pinter, Stoppard and Kane.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:2
When Offered: D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year
Staff Contact: Dr Colmer
Prerequisites:

ENGL120 or (ENGL130 and ENGL145)

Corequisites:

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Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By: Department of English

 
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