CURSO : DRAMA
TRADUCCION : DRAMA
SIGLA : LET1346
CRÉDITOS : 10
MÓDULOS : 02
REQUISITOS : LET1343
CARÁCTER : MINIMUM
DISCIPLINA : LITERATURE
I. DESCRIPTION
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 XXth 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. OBJECTIVES
General:
1. To study the characteristics of the dramatic genre and the different forms American and British drama
explore and define within the XXth century and the beginning of the new century.
Specifics:
1. To provide a coherent and comprehensive theoretical framework for the analysis of the dramatic genre.
2. To study a selection of plays across periods, movements and traditions (Williams, Albee, Beckett,
Mamet, Churchill, LaBute and others).
3. To analyze drama not only as a literary form but also as a system of signs on the stage.
4. To write reports and essays.
III. CONTENTS
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. METHODOLOGY
V. EVALUATION
- Written/oral work (3 reports, 1 theatre review, 1 dramatic reading): 25%
- Class presentation (A Streetcar Named Desire) : 10%
- Tests: 65% - THT: 30%
- In class: 20%
- Oral: 15%
- Attendance: 80%
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VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compulsory: 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.
LaBute, N. Fat Pig. Nobility Ranch, 2008.
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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