IDENTIFYING DATA 2015_16
Subject (*) ENGLISH THEATRE Code 12274214
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Coordinator
LAMARCA MARGALEF, JORGE
 E-mail jordi.lamarca@urv.cat
Lecturers
LAMARCA MARGALEF, JORGE
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General description and relevant information The aims of this course are. ) To examine representative works of drama; b) To learn the principal techniques for analyizing, understanding, evaluating and enjoying a play both as a literary construc and spectacle; and c) To improve the student´s ability to read critically and pleasurably

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A5 Dominar la llengua anglesa des d’un punt de vista teòric i pràctic i expressar-s’hi oralment i per escrit de manera fluida i precisa.
 A6 Analitzar les obres més rellevants de la literatura en llengua anglesa en els seus diversos entorns culturals.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A5 Mostra un maneig de la llengua anglesa (de forma oral i/o escrita) en contextos diversos a un nivell superior.
 A6 Adquireix la capacitat d’establir la relació entre forma i contingut a les obres d’autors en llengua anglesa.
Analitza i comenta textos literaris de forma oral i/o escrita.
Coneix els principals moviments literaris i la seva inserció en els diversos contextos culturals i històrics.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
The Nature of Theatre Drama and theatre
Text and performance
Elements of a play
Introduction to English Drama Medieval Drama
Renaissance and Restauration
Modern English Drama
Twentieth Ceentury English Drama Realism and Humour
Commedy of Manners and Social Content
J. P. P Priestley, An Inspector Calls
Realism and Absurd
H. Pinter, The Birthday Party
Introduction to American Drama Early Tweentieth-Century Drama
Realism and lyricism
Tennessee Willimas, A Street Car Named Desire.
From Modernism to Postmodernism
Edward Albee, Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Ethnic Theatre
Race, gender and society
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 1 2
Problem solving, classroom exercises
A5
A6
 26 53 79
Lecture
A6
 29 20 49
Assignments
A5
A6
 1 6 7
Seminars
A5
 1 6 7
Personal tuition
2 4 6
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities A session at least will be devoted to explain the aim of the course, objectives, methodology, etc.
Problem solving, classroom exercises To focus on specific topics and how to develop them.
Lecture To provide general and specific information.
Assignments To narrow down topics and write about them.
Seminars To focus on subtopics and how to present them.
Personal tuition Personal meeting at my office in order to clarify academic points.

Personalized attention
Description
There will be office hours. Students should take benefit of them in order to ask questions, querries, discuss details of the syllabus and content of the course.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, classroom exercises
A5
A6
 Exercises to be written in class 60%
Assignments
A5
A6
 Assignments 30%
Others  

Class attendance and participation

10%
 
Other comments and second exam session

The students who do not reach the 50% of the above-mentioned requirements will have a scheduled second chance, as well as those who have not opted to go through the continuos assessment (for further details see the course syllabus). This second chance will be the same for all students ( both those who failed the continuous assessment and those who opted for the final class exercise), and will consist in a final class exercisel of 20 questions (100%). These questions will be based on the units included in the syllabus (short definitions of concepts, identifications of names, titles, characters, short contextualizations of excertps from the texts analyzed ...).

Sources of information

Basic Montgomery, Martin et alia , Ways of Reading , 2000, Routledge
Oscar Wilde , The Importance of Being Earnest, 2000, Penguin
Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party, 2000, Methuen
Tennessee Williams, A Street Car Named Desire, 2000, Penguin
Lorraine Hansberyy, A Raisin in The Sun, 2012, A Signet Book
David Lane, Contemporary British Drama, 2010, Edinburgh University Press
Kenneth Pickering, Studying Modern Drama, Second Edition, Palgrave MacMillan
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Edward Albee, Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 2010, Penguin Books



Complementary


Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE/12274121


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