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| Semester | spring semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Simon Trüb (simon.trueb@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The twentieth century represented a uniquely exciting period for the American theatre. The emergence of Broadway signalled the beginning of American entertainment culture and industry as they are known today, while alternative theatre groups and movements such as the Provincetown Players, the Theatre Guild, or Group Theatre also gained ground. This proliferation of opportunities for playwrights gave rise, over the course of the century, to an astounding diversity of plays. In the twenty-first century, this diversity persists or even increases as realist plays are being performed alongside daringly experimental ones. This course focuses on 'modernist' American plays, rather than on mainstream productions, and it traces the legacies of modernist aesthetics in the American theatre up to the twenty-first century. |
| Learning objectives | Students will become familiar with major plays and playwrights of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. They will also acquire and hone drama close reading skills. |
| Bibliography | Block I - 28 February 2019: Susan Glaspell "The Verge" Elmer Rice "The Adding Machine" Block II - 21 March 2019: Langston Hughes "Mulatto" Clifford Odets "Waiting for Lefty" Block III - 4 April 2019: Arthur Miller "Death of a Salesman" Block IV - 25 April 2019: Tony Kushner "Angels in America" Block V - 9 May 2019: Suzan-Lori Parks "Topdog" Lynn Nottage "Sweat" Students have to buy a copy of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America". |
| Comments | For the first session (on 28.02.2019) participants have to read Susan Glaspell's "The Verge" and Elemer Rice's "The Adding Machine". |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Course application | In addition to registering online, students have to enrol for this course by sending an email to Simon.Trueb@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |