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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : French

116-221/321 Performing the Text: Tragedy and Comedy in French Theatre

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Greg Sims

Prerequisite/s:

116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Three hours a week (lecture and tutorial)

Content:

A selection of plays from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Tragedy and its later metamorphosis into the drama will be explored through works by Corneille, Hugo, Anouilh and Beckett. The comic theatre will be explored through works by Molière and Marivaux. Each play is analysed from both a textual and performance standpoint, using recent videotaped productions by the Comédie Française.

Assessment:

One class paper (2000 words) (40 %); one essay (3000 words) in French (50 %) and tutorial participation (10%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Pierre Corneille, Cinna, (ed. Georges Forestier), Paris, Gallimard, 1994 (Folio: Théâtre).
  • Molière, Les Fourberies de Scapin, Larousse, 1975.
  • Marivaux, Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard, Larousse, 1985.
  • Jean Anouilh, Antigone, Ed. de La Table ronde, 1988.
  • Victor Hugo, Hernani, (ed. A. Ubersfeld), Paris, LGF, 1987.
  • Samuel Beckett, En attendant Godot, Harrap, 1984.
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