Modern Drama - I

Paper Code: 
ENG 323-C
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

  • The course will enable the students to:

    • Get introduced to the period of theatrical experimentation in drama under the broad perspective of Modernism
    • Examine the historical condition of cultural dislocation, rising global consciousness and emerging conflicts as depicted by the playwrights

 

  • Course Learning Outcomes
  •  Gain an understanding of Drama through the lens of avant-garde writing and modernism 
  •  Get an insight into the historical developments in dramatic literature with reference to social contexts and theoretical frameworks
  •  Make a  critical analysis of  the plays as texts of performance
10.00
Unit I: 
G. B. Shaw

Major Barbara

 

13.00
Unit II: 
T. S. Eliot

Family Reunion

 

13.00
Unit III: 
Arnold Wesker

I’m Talking About Jerusalem

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Terence Rattigan

The Deep Blue Sea

 

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 UP, 1963.
  • Rampal, Dushyant Kumar. Poetic Theory and Practice of T.S. Eliot. Atlantic Publishers, 1996.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021