The young, angry and different in European theatre 3302-MGI-OG

Truly alive, original and modern theatre has always been theatre involved and committed. It is nowadays modern playwrights and theatre directors who try to recon with national myths, provoke discussion on still unprocessed problem of Nazism, criticise narrow-mindedness and conformism, defy the established conventions, oppose against aesthetic norms and break down taboos, often outside the bounds of good taste.

Subject areas to be discussed:

· Young, angry and different. On new generation of playwrights and theatre directors;
· New topics and trends: climate change, migration crisis, armed conflicts, marginalisation, criticism of neoliberalism, etc.
· Recycling of problems, motifs and characters – quasi-palimpsest;
· Feminist discourse in modern theatre;
· Mythology: re-interpretation. How we read and stage myths today;
· Classics re-invented. On new interpretations of European canon;
· Is there such thing as ‘national theatre’?

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Remote learning

Course coordinators

Krzysztof Tkaczyk

Learning outcomes

- ability to analyse and interpret selected literary works, theatrical productions and films
- as part of the course, as far as we are able, online and „in real life“, we will participate in theatre and literary events, seminars on theatre, meetings with authors(s), play readings at the Ateneum Theatre (free of charge), etc.
- ONLINE SEMINAR

Additional information

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:

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