Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Драма и театр. Английский язык продвинутый
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Совместная программа по экономике НИУ ВШЭ и РЭШ)
Направление:
38.03.01. Экономика
Где читается:
Факультет экономических наук
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 3, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course aims to demonstrate that interaction with drama and theater can far surpass this lonely relaxing reading activity. Unlike a work of prose, drama suggests a collaborative art, created in the imagination of the playwright, the actor, and the audience, and thus a totally different aesthetic experience. In this course, students will read and discuss the most celebrated plays from various historical periods, explore the essential elements of drama, as well as the role of theater as cultural and social institution. Further, they will have a chance to analyze the dynamics and creativity of the theatre productions of some of the plays we cover, as well as to try their hand at their own creative projects. The selection of texts includes dramas written by some of the most innovative playwrights such as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard and others. While exploring the interplay between the dramas’ form, content and context, the students will also trace the intricate history of social, gender, and artistic relationships that the plays unravel. Active participation in class discussions is crucial to doing well in this course. During the semester students will write several response papers, one review of the theater performance, prepare one oral presentation with a partner and participate in a performing project.
Learning Objectives
- To introduce students to the fine art of drama
- To consider the most celebrated plays from various historical periods
- To explore the essential elements of drama, as well as the role of the theatre, as cultural and social institution
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to critically evaluate the accumulated experience (own and others), reflect on professional and social activities
- Can find, analyze and use information from different source
- Demonstrates advanced proficiency in written and spoken English
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Ancient Greek Drama
- Elizabethan Epoch and Theater
- Moscow Art Theater
- Epic Theater
- Theater of the Absurd
Assessment Elements
- Response papers
- 1 Oral presentation
- Class discussion and participation
- 1 Production review
- Quizzes
- Final project
- Written Responses to Reading
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.1 * 1 Oral presentation + 0.1 * 1 Production review + 0.15 * Class discussion and participation + 0.2 * Final project + 0.2 * Quizzes + 0.2 * Response papers + 0.05 * Written Responses to Reading
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Anton Chekhov. (2012). The Seagull. London: Oberon Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2045784
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. (2019). The Three Sisters. [N.p.]: Ktoczyta.pl. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2249508
- Aristotle. (2016). Poetics. Lanham: Dancing Unicorn Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1433026
- George Bernard Shaw. (2018). Pygmalion. [N.p.]: Otbebookpublishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2234362
- Henrik Ibsen. (2019). A Doll’s House. [N.p.]: Big Cheese Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2233909
- Sophocles, Mulroy, D. D., & Moon, W. G. (2011). Oedipus Rex. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=354968
- Stanislavski, C. (2016). My Life In Art. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1717403
- Wilde, O. (2013). An Ideal Husband : “Women Have a Wonderful Instinct About Things. They Can Discover Everything Except the Obvious.” [London, England]: Stage Door. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1024884
- William Shakespeare. (2019). Hamlet. [N.p.]: Green World Classics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2190923
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Gendrich, C. M., & Archer, S. M. (2017). Theatre : Its Art and Craft (Vol. Seventh edition). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1452970