Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA DİNG406 8. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Zümre Gizem YILMAZ KARAHAN
Assistants
Goals The course aims at acquainting students with the characteristics and techniques of neo-naturalist drama, kitchen-sink drama, epic drama, postmodern drama, in-yer-face drama as well as 21st Century British drama.
Course Content The course focuses on British drama produced in the late 20th century and early 21st century
Learning Outcomes 1) Students learn the phases and distinctive literary and formal features of contemporary English theater and evaluate other texts in this sense.
2) Students learn the historical development of theater as a literary genre and can distinguish texts according to these features.
3) Students can apply certain literary theories to dramatic texts.
4) Can present their ideas in written form
5) Can present research through written work and oral presentations

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week British Drama after WWII Lecture
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
2. Week Introduction to Kitchen-Sink Drama Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
3. Week ARNOLD WESKER ROOTS (1958) Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
4. Week Introduction to the Theatre of the Absurd & Harold Pinter's Plays Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
5. Week Pinter's The Dumb Waiter Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
6. Week EPIC THEATRE: JOHN ARDEN - SERJEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE (1959) Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
7. Week EPIC THEATRE: JOHN ARDEN & SERJEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE (1959) Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week TOM STOPPARD - AFTER MAGRITTE (1970) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
9. Week SARAH KANE BLASTED (1995) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
10. Week MARTIN MCDONAGH & THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (2001) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
11. Week MARTIN MCDONAGH & THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (2001) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
12. Week DAVID GREIG & EUROPE (1994) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
13. Week DAVID GREIG & EUROPE (1994) Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week THEATRE UNCUT: ANDERS LUSTGARTEN & FAT MAN (2011) Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
ANDERS LUSTGARTEN - FAT MAN (2011)
Arden, John. Serjeant Musgrave's Dance. Arden Plays: One. London: Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1977. 7-110.
ARNOLD WESKER - ROOTS (1958)
DAVID GREIG - EUROPE (1994)
Kane, Sarah. Blasted. Complete Plays. Int David Greig. London: Methuen Drama. 2001.
MARTIN MCDONAGH -THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (2001)
Pinter, Harold. The Dumb Waiter. Plays: One. London: faber and faber, 1991. 111-151.
TOM STOPPARD - AFTER MAGRITTE (1970)

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 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 6
Seminar 10 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 2
1 1
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload