Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 1996. 16.7 2nd or 3rd year To be advised. 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent. 2 one-hour lectures and one one-hour tutorial. At the end of the subject, students should be able to:

• analyse a play using different recent methods;
• show a knowledge of the evolution of French theatre;
• demonstrate a general understanding of the social, political and ideological context of each play.

A variety of plays from different centuries will be analysed. The structure of tragedy will be explored from Corneille, Racine to the contemporary dramas of Anouilh or Beckett; the evolution of comedy will be studied from Moliè re to Ionesco. This study will be related to the recent analysis of dramaturgy. One class paper (2,000 words) (40 per cent); one essay (3,000 words) in French (60 per cent). Only part of these works will be selected each year Corneille L'Illusion comique or Horace ed. Bordas 1984 Racine Phè dre or Andromaque Larousse 1983 Moliè re Les Fourberies de Scapin or Don Juan Larousse 1975 Marivaux Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard Larousse 1985 Anouilh Antigone Ed. de La Table ronde 1988 Montherlant La Reine morte Gallimard 1959 Sartre Huis Clos or Les Mouches Gallimard 1959 Beckett En attendant Godot Ed. de Minuit 1952