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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: Naturalist Theatre, 1880-1920 (ENLI10302)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course explores the movement of Naturalism in drama in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Naturalist dramatists aimed to establish a theatre in which the significant issues and ideas of the day could be properly aired: their work consciously drew on new theories advanced by such thinkers as Darwin, Marx and Charcot about the sources life, about the effects of heredity, about politics, society, and psychology. This new kind of play, demanded a new kind of staging and acting, designed to reflect to audiences an illusion of actual contemporary life. Starting from the development of Naturalist theatre in Europe, influenced by Zola, Strindberg, Ibsen, the course will investigate the powerful impact in Britain on drama and on theatre practice of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)) AND ( English Literature 2 (ENLI08003) OR Scottish Literature 2 (ENLI08004))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will
* develop a wide knowledge of the dramatic literature, theory and staging practice of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
* enhance their understanding of the interaction between theatre and the intellectual currents of its day.
* extend their critical understanding of the complementary roles of playtexts and staging practice in the generation of meaning in theatre.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature.
Additional Class Delivery Information 1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): attendance for 1 hour a week at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sarah Carpenter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3608
Email: Sarah.Carpenter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs June Cahongo
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email: J.Cahongo@ed.ac.uk
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