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Undergraduate Course: Introduction to European Theatre (CLLC08002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaCommon Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is designed to introduce students to the history and variety of European theatre, to develop reading strategies for dramatic texts and an awareness of the history of performance practice.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralLecture1-22 11:10 - 12:00
CentralLecture1-22 10:00 - 10:50
First Class Week 1, Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower - Faculty Room North
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will:
&· Have acquired an awareness of the variety of theatre practice across Europe
&· Be able to read playtexts with a sensitivity to cultural and historical context and with an awareness of performance practices
Assessment Information
One essay (2,000-2,500 words)(50%) and one two-hour examination (50%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description The programme will vary from session to session, depending on staff availability, but the aim is to ensure that each of the DELC language areas is represented by at least one teaching block. The course will be delivered using texts in English translation, and the texts used will be readily available in translation.
Syllabus The course is team-taught, the programme consisting of a range of texts selected from the list below (plus others that become available as staff return from leave), and taught in two-, three- or four-week blocks, as appropriate.

The course will open with 2 sessions on the relationship of text to performance, and on the European dimensions of the course.

Dr Véronique Desnain

Molière, Don Juan and other plays, Ed. Ian McLean (Oxford World's Classics, 1998)
Racine, Iphigenia, Phaedra and Athaliah, Transl. John Cairncross (Penguin Classics, 2004)

Dr Peter Davies

Friedrich Schiller, Mary Stuart, version by David Harrower (Faber and Faber, 2006)

Elfriede Jelinek, What happened after Nora left her husband (Plays by Women, vol 10, ed. Annie Castledine, Methuen, 1994)

Dr Laura Bradley

Gerhart Hauptmann, Lonely Lives, tr. Mary Morison (Kessinger, 2008)

Dr Kari Dickson

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House, tr. Kenneth McLeish (Nick Hern Books, 1994)

Prof Jean Duffy

Samuel Beckett, Endgame (Faber and Faber, 2009)

Dr Alexandra Smith

Karel Capek, R.U.R., tr. P.Selver (Oxford Paperbacks, 1963)
Vaclav Havel, The Garden Party (Avalon Travel Publishing, 2000)

Dr Claudia Nocentini

Natalia Ginzburg, The Wrong Door, tr. Wendell Ricketts (Toronto UP, 2008)
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list see above
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsTheatre European Comparative
Contacts
Course organiserProf Peter Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 3632
Email: Peter.J.Davies@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jocelyn Proctor
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: jocelyn.proctor@ed.ac.uk
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