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ENGL202: Twentieth-Century Drama in Context
The unit explores significant drama texts from the late 19th and 20th centuries, in their social, philosophical and theatrical contexts, with specific focus on the relations between ideological factors and dramatic themes and forms. Topics include: sexual politics; obscenity; the desire for utopia; the instability of identity; theatrical space and form; the nature of social justice; the catastrophe of history; relationships between language and power; experiments in dramatic structure; and aspects of staging and performance. Playtexts studied are selected from works by Ibsen, O'Neill, Brecht, Pirandello, Genet, Beckett, Stoppard and Kane.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year (Session Dates: 16 April; 28 May) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Paul Sheehan |
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| NCCW(s): | ENGL238 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of English |
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