Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
20TH CENTURY BRITISH DRAMA DİNG405 7. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gökhan Albayrak
Assistants
Goals The course aims at acquainting the students with the techniques of realistic drama as well as giving them an insight into the position of English drama in the 20th century.
Course Content This course is to study the plays of playwrights who wrote in the earlier years of the twentieth century
Learning Outcomes 1) Students can explain the basic concepts related to drama.
2) Students summarize the historical development of drama as a literary genre.
3) Students gain the skills to read and analyse the plays.
4) Students analyse the development, changes and features of Contemporary English Theatre.
5) Students analyse the stages and distinctive ltierary and structural features of contemporary English drama.
6) Students analyse the historical, political, cultural, sociological and economic events in relation to the plays analysed.
7) Students learn the certain literary theories on drama.
8) Students contribute to their written and oral skills related to drama.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Background discussion of drama / English Drama Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
2. Week Background discussion of drama from Shakespeare to the playwrights f the 20th century Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
3. Week Introduction of Bernard Shaw’s drama Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
4. Week Reading and discussion of Arms and the Man Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
5. Week Reading and discussion of Arms and the Man Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Seminar
6. Week Introduction to Irish Drama Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
7. Week Reading and discussion of Riders of the Sea Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
8. Week Reading and discussion of Riders of the Sea Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
9. Week Reading and discussion of Shadow of a Gunman Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
10. Week Reading and discussion of Shadow of a Gunman Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Introduction to Post-War English Drama Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
12. Week Discussion Absurdist Drama/ Introduction to Samuel Becket’s Theatre Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
13. Week A study of the differences of opinion among the writers who wrote to reform the outside world Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Reading and discussion of Waiting for Godot Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Bernard Shaw. Arms and the Man
Christopher Innes. Modern British Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
J.M.Synge. Riders to the Sea
Samuel Becket: Waiting For Godot
Sean O’Casey. Shadow of a Gunman

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 5 10
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 6
Seminar 12 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
1 1
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload