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IDE6030 | 20th Century English Drama-I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fehmi TURGUT | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet Takkaç | Language of instruction | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | are to provide students with an insight into and critical thinking regarding the main aspects of 20th Century English Theatre, Major Dramatists and their works, their major contributions to the world theatre and new innovations, presentational techniques and staging methods, new theories and approaches to dramatic literature with particular references to major works pertaining to this period.
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Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | gather a huge background information to understand literary, historical and social contexts that created thye nature of the 20th century English Drama | 1,2,3,5 | 1,3,6 | PO - 2 : | ımprove their critical opinions by getting participated in class discussions and writing essays | 1,2,3 | 1,3,6 | PO - 3 : | design research projects, open new discussion topics from a critical perspective | 1,3,5 | 1,3,6 | PO - 4 : | compare and contrast different approaches to stating techniques and developments in English Drama | 1,2,5 | 1,3,6 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Main characteristics and aspects of 20th Century English Theatre, Postwar British Drama, Absurd theatre, Anti-Realistic movements in theatre, Avandgarde theatre movements, Workers' Theatre, Feminism in drama, fringe theatre companies and politically motivated theatres in Britain.
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Approaching 20the Century English Drama: Edwardian Drama | | Week 2 | The New Theatre: the influence of Ibsen and Shaw | | Week 3 | The Great War and after | | Week 4 | The 1930s and after | | Week 5 | W.H. Auden and the Group Theatre | | Week 6 | T.S. Eliot and verse drama | | Week 7 | The World War II and post war drama | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Theater after 1956: the birth of ?angry young man? | | Week 10 | Becket and Brecht | | Week 11 | Pinter's early plays | | Week 12 | 1968s in drama | | Week 13 | 1970s and 1980s in English drama | | Week 14 | Women Playwrights | | Week 15 | Women's Voices | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Smart, J. 2001; 20th Century British Drama, CUP, USA | | |
1 | Innes, C. 1992; British Drama 1890-1990, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 10/11/2009 | 2 | 30 | Presentation | 9 | 17/11/2009 | 2 | 10 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 10 11 | 24/11/2009 01/12/2009 | 1,5 1,5 | 5 | End-of-term exam | 15 | 13/01/2010 | 2 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | Ödev | 11 | 5 | 55 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | Total work load | | | 207 |
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