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IDE6710Dramatic Theories and Criticism3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Fehmi TURGUT
Co-LecturerAssoc. Prof. Dr. M. Zeki ÇIRAKLI
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
to study how theories of drama change and interact with one another to investigate theoretical developments in dramatic criticism and their connections with theatre history and dramatic literature
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : Students acquire knowledge of the major theorists and theoretical movements in theatre.
PO - 2 : They will be able to talk about the guiding questions and critical frameworks that form a common vocabulary for contemporary theatre theories, movements, and conventions
PO - 3 : They will be able to learn how knowledge of this theoretical background can be put into
PO - 4 : They will be able to develop research questions in the study of drama and answer these questions producing academic texts
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

 
Contents of the Course
This course deal with the development of various dramatic theories from Aristotle to the present time. It analyzes texts that have played some very influential roles in shaping the form of dramatic genre. The course puts much of its emphasis on theories and analyses of the major traditional dramatic texts. It also dwells on conceptions of drama with practical applications in the dramatic texts. This course will familiarise students with key developments in the theory and practice of twentieth and twentyfirst century drama. The course also explores the main trends in dramatic theories and criticism
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Drama and Theory
 Week 2The Nature of Dramatic Criticism
 Week 3Dramatic structure
 Week 4Techniques Used in Modern Drama
 Week 5The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama
 Week 6Script Analysis
 Week 7Stylistics of Drama
 Week 8Hermeneutic Dramatic Research
 Week 9Mid Term Week
 Week 10Dramatic Discourse
 Week 11When Critics Become Playwrihts
 Week 12Theory on the Power and Potential of Dramatic Language by David Mamet)
 Week 13New Historicism and cultural Meterialis in Dramatic Criticism
 Week 14THEATRE OF REVOLT by Robert Brustein
 Week 15Absurdism in Drama
 Week 16
 
Textbook / Material
1Critical theory today by Lois Tyson
2A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present by M. A. R. Habib
3The Art-Work of the Future By Richard Wagner
4Bertolt Brecht?s Dramatic Theory by John J. White
5Laughter: An Essay on the meaning of Comic by Henri Bergson
6Contemporary American Drama by Annette J. Saddik
7Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-war British Playwrights by Michael Patterson
8British Realist Theatre by Stephen Lacey
9Radical Tragedy by J. Dellimore
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
In-term studies (second mid-term exam) 15 50
Presentation 10,11,12 25
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 13, 14, 25
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Total work load42