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| IDE6540 | 20 th Century English Drama-II | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring 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 | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet TAKKAÇ | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | are to aim to adopt an interactive approach and provide the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts in 20th century British drama and to encourage students to investigate different interpretations to be applied to dramatic texts through a variety of activities and questions. |
| 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 the nature of the 20th century British plays | 4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 2 : | improve their critical opinions by writing essays on the plays to be studied | 4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 3 : | design and implement an intellectually substantial research project drawing on original argumentation, writing, and research | 4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3,5 | | 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 | | |
| are to provide students with the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level by exploring the contextual study of dramatic texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in 20th century British Drama. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definin British drama and critical treatment. | | | Week 2 | Shavian influences and the question of censorship. | | | Week 3 | Intellectual drama versus public theatre: Granville-Barker and John Galsworthy. | | | Week 4 | Realism versus agitation propaganda. | | | Week 5 | D.H.Lawrence and the Workers' Theatre. | | | Week 6 | John Osborne:The rhetoric of social alienation. | | | Week 7 | Brechtian influences on British drama. | | | Week 8 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 9 | John Arden and Edward Bond:rationalismi realism and radical solutions. | | | Week 10 | David Edger: Social realism. | | | Week 11 | Howard Brenton and David Hare: Utopian perspectives on modern history. | | | Week 12 | John Whiting, David Rudking and Howard Barker: cruelity in British drama. | | | Week 13 | Christopher Fry: Appealing to the popular images | | | Week 14 | J.M.Barrie: reflections of society. | | | Week 15 | J.B. Priestly: temporal dislocation | | | Week 16 | Final Examination | | | |
| 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 | 02/03/2010 | 1 | 30 | | Project | 11 | 23/03/2010 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 02/06/2010 | 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 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 6 | 72 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 8 | 6 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 4 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 214 |
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