From kitchen-sink drama to in-yer-face theatre: British drama in the second half of the 20th century 3700-AL-KZNB-OG

general courses

(in Polish) Znajomość języka angielskiego na poziomie B2 (wybrane lektury dodatkowe, recenzje przedstawień i fragmenty adaptacji teatralnych i filmowych dostępne jedynie w języku angielskim)

Sugerowana lista lektur do wyboru (8-9 sztuk wybranych z listy):

• Samuel Beckett: Czekając na Godota (Waiting for Godot); Końcówka (Endgame); Szczęśliwe dni (Happy Days)
• Harold Pinter: Urodziny Stanleya (The Birthday Party); Dozorca (The Caretaker); Powrót do domu (The Homecoming)
• John Osborne: Miłość i gniew (Look Back in Anger)
• John Whiting, Demony (The Devils)
• Edward Bond: Ocaleni (Saved)
• Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz i Guildenstern nie żyją (Rosencrantz ang Guildenstern are Dead)
• Peter Shaffer: Equus
• Caryl Churchill: Siódme niebo (Cloud Nine); Top Girls
• Sarah Kane: Zbombardowani (Blasted), Oczyszczeni (Cleansed)
• Martina McDonagh: Królowa piękności z Leenane (The Beauty Queen of Leenane), Samotny zachód (The Lonesome West), Poduszyciel (The Pillowman)

Literatura pomocnicza, opracowania krytyczne:

• Robert Brustein, The Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama, 1965.
• Peter Buse, Theatre + Theory: Critical Approaches to Modern British Drama, 2005.
• Richard Dutton, Modern Tragicomedy and the British Tradition, 1986.
• John Elsom, Post-war British Theatre, 1976.
• Martin Esslin, The theatre of the absurd, 1961
• Christopher Innes, Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century, 2002.
• Tomasz Kowalski, „Kadry zza kulis Hamleta: Rosencrantz i Guildenstern nie żyją Toma Stopparda”, w: Lustra i echa: filmowe adaptacje dzieł Williama Shakespeare’a, 2017.
• Michał Lachman, Brzytwą po oczach. Młodzi doświadczeni w angielskim i irlandzkim dramacie lat dziewięćdziesiątych, 2007
• David Lane, Contemporary British Drama, 2011.
• Richard Dutton, Modern Tragicomedy and the British Tradition, 1986.
• John Russell Taylor, Anger and After: A Guide to the New British Drama, 1968.
• Kenneth Tynan, Tynan right and left [plays, films, people, places and events as seen by Kenneth Tynan]
• Ralph Yarrow (ed.), European Theatre 1960-1990: Cross-cultural Perspectives, 1992
• Wybrane numery miesięcznika Dialog

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

• Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of 3700-AL-KZNB-OG in USOSweb