At the end of this course, the students; 1) identify the dramatic movements and the narrative techniques developed in modern America drama during the modern period, 2) analyze the relation between the staging techniques and the dramatic texts. 3) discuss the dramatics texts selected from modern American drama within American cultural discourse.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
This course aims to survey the development of American drama in the first half of the 20th century and to explore the most influential dramatic works of the period. Highlighting the combination of realistic and modernist techniques that characterize modern American drama, this course focuses on the works of distinctive playwrights, such as Langston Hughes, Susan Glaspell, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O?Neill, Thornton Wilder, and Lorraine Hansberry, who voiced their social and political concerns through the dramatic form.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
An Outline of Modern American Drama
2nd Week
William Vaughn Moody, The Great Divide (1906)
3rd Week
Eugene O?Neill, Desire Under the Elms (1924)
4th Week
Eugene O?Neill, Desire Under the Elms (1924)
5th Week
Langston Hughes, Mulatto (1935)
6th Week
Thronton Wilder, Our Town (1938)
7th Week
MIDTERM
8th Week
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
9th Week
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
10th Week
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949)
11th Week
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949)
12th Week
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
13th Week
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
14th Week
General Review, Development of Modern American Drama
15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Wiley, 1992.
Hughes, Langston. Mulatto. University P., 1963.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Penguin, 1996.
Moody, William Vaughn. The Great Divide. HardPress P., 2014.
O?Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms. CreateSpace, 2016.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. Penguin, 2009.
Watt, Stephen, and Gary A. Richardson, eds. American Drama: Colonial to Contemporary. Heinle and Heinle P., 1994.
Wilder, Thornton. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. Coward McCann, 1938.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Quiz
4
20
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
4
1
4
Individual or group work
14
3
42
Preparation for Final exam
1
7
7
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
7
7
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
1
5
5
Quiz
4
2
8
Total Workload
119
Total Workload / 30
3,96
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
