| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xx. Century Theatre | DRA210 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Spring | 6 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Metin TOPRAK
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Students will have got familiar with the significant theorists of the century, such as Esslin and Sartre, and they will have had the opportunity to analyse their influence on drama.
3) Students will have read epic theatre and Brecht, and analysed the epic elements in the plays written by Caryl Churchill, a follower of the epic theatre in England.
4) By the end of this course the students; will be familiarized with the naturalistic and realistic drama of the late 19th century through the works of Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Chekhov, Brecht, Beckett and Pinter
4) will have analysed the deployment of the woman and gender roles in the late 19th century in the plays written by Bernard Shaw and Henrik Ibsen.
5) will have examined the influence of the psychological discourses in the plays written by Shaffer, Pinter and Ayckbourn.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
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| 1 | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 3 | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 4 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | |
| 4 | Middle | No relation | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
| 5 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
The plays which are written under the effect of Realism and Naturalism, which were started to be felt in drama at the end of 19th century, are analyzed. Besides, how alternative approaches to the understanding of reality put forward with these approaches are seen in drama is discussed. The works of Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Chekhov, Brecht, Beckett, Dürrenmatt and Pinter are analyzed.
Weekly Schedule
1) Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children (1939) and Epic Theatre2) G.B Shaw Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893) oyununun analizi ve öğrenci sunumları
3) Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children (1939) and Epic Theatre
4) Theatre of the Absurd- Martin Esslin Existentialism
5) The analysis of S. B. Beckett's End Game (1956) against the background of the philosophical movements of the era
6) The analysis of Dürrenmatt's The Visit of the Old Lady
7) H. Pinter's Old Times (1971
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) The analysis of Peter Shaffer's Equus (1973)
10) Psychological drama and Peter Shaffer's Equus (1973)
11) Analysis of Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind (1985)
12) Psychological drama, capitalism and the woman in Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind (1985)
13) Kitchen-Sink drama Arnold Wesker's One-Woman Plays (1988)
14) Deployment of the woman in Arnold Wesker's One-Woman Plays (1988)
15) Assessment
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Role Playing
4) Simulation
5) Six Hat Methods
6) Lab / Workshop
7) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
60% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required