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116-019 Performing the Text: French Theatre from Corneille to Beckett | |
Note | Formerly available as 116-221/321. Students who have completed 116-221/321 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Gregory Sims |
Prerequisites | 116-007 French I: Cultural Perspectives and 116-008 French I: Language in Context II or 116-015 Post-beginners French IIB or equivalent. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar and a 1-hour tutorial per week, and five 2-hour video screenings over the course of the semester |
Subject Description | A selection of plays from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Tragedy in its varying forms is explored through works by Corneille, Hugo and Anouilh and comedy through works by Molière, Marivaux and Beckett. Each play is studied in its socio-historical context from both a textual and dramaturgical (performance) standpoint, using videotaped productions (where available) by the Comédie Française. A particular focus of the course is the theatre as a social and artistic institution: theatre design, traditions of mise-en-scène, the changing status of actors and playwrights, audience profiles and behaviours, relations between the theatre and political power. |
Assessment | Regular attendance and participation in tutorials not more than 10%, and a classpaper of 1500 words, subsequently written up, and an essay of 2500 words. |
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