Undergraduate Course: Bertolt Brecht (ELCG10022)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
European Languages and Cultures - German |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Brecht was one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and theatre directors. He was equally at home with drama, theatre practice and poetry, and he contributed energetically to contemporary political and aesthetic debates. This course focuses on plays that Brecht wrote in the 1920s and 1930s, but we will also look at selected poems, including their musical settings, and essays on theatre and politics. There will be optional film screenings of some of Brecht's own productions, which show how epic theatre worked in practice.
When analysing the plays, we will consider how Brecht responded to different political and cultural contexts during the Weimar Republic and his years in exile, and how he came to channel his rebellion against conventional bourgeois theatre into the development of a new theatrical aesthetic. The plays themselves deal, often in contrasting ways, with issues such as identity, political commitment, motherhood, religion and war. We shall consider these themes alongside current critical debates on epic theatre and the status of Brecht's oeuvre since the collapse of state Socialism in Eastern Europe. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Honours entry
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-22 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: Central. Bucc Place 14, Room 1.01 |
| Additional information |
The first session will be on Tuesday of week 1; reading lists will be circulated by email prior to this session.
Lectures will be taught in ODD weeks only. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | 8 sides | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Advanced knowledge & appreciation of selected dramas, poems and theoretical texts by B. Brecht |
Assessment Information
1 Coursework essay 2- 2,500 words (50%)
1 Examination 1 hr 30 minutes (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Laura Bradley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3634
Email: laura.bradley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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