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Modern Drama - I
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The students will: CO 81. Evaluate drama through the lens of avant-garde writing and modernism CO 82. Recognise the historical developments in dramatic literature with reference to social contexts and theoretical frameworks CO 83. Critically analyse the plays as texts of performance CO 84. Appraise the significance of different schools of thought in modern drama CO 85. Develop an understanding of aesthetic expressions and investigate the reflection of many world cultures in drama |
Approach in teaching: Discussion, Demonstration via Presentation Learning activities for the students: Report-writing, Seminar-presentation |
Report-writing, Presentation, Viva-Voce |
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G. B. Shaw Major Barbara
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T. S. Eliot Family Reunion
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Arnold Wesker I’m Talking About Jerusalem
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Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot
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Terence Rattigan The Deep Blue Sea
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Suggested Readings
Esslin, Martin. Theatre of the Absurd. Random House,1961.
Innes, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. CUP, 2002.
Kitchin, Lawrence. Mid-Century Drama.Faber,1962.
Meisel, Martin. Shaw and 19th Century Theatre. Princeton University Press, 1963.
Rampal, Dushyant Kumar. Poetic Theory and Practice of T.S. Eliot. Atlantic Publishers, 1996.
e-resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_153VXu4p8 (Wesker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEXyE4vmjFE (Beckett)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNw3UkgIjhU (Rattigan)
Journals:
Literature and Literary Theory
Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature