Media, film, literature: Contemporary British and American Drama by Women 2510-f2ENG1W-MFL-CDW
Laboratorium (LAB) Semestr zimowy 2020/21

Assessment methods:

- test - W1, W2, U3, U4 (Moodle)

- presentation (theoretical and critical approach to the selected problem) - W1, W2, U1, U2, U3, U4 (online MS Teams videoconferences)

- active participation in discussion - U1, U2, U3, U4 (online MS Teams videoconferences)

- assignment - rewriting task - U4 (Moodle assignment)

Assessment criteria:

The final mark consists of:

- test results (50% of the final grade)

- assessment of the presentation (20% of the final grade)

- assessment of participation (20% of the final grade)

- assignment (10% of the final grade)

1. Introduction

2. Women playwrights

3. Motherhood: Shelagh Delaney: A Taste of Honey (1958)

4. Witch-hunts: Caryl Churchill: Vinegar Tom (1976)

5. Madness: Kim Morrissey: Dora, A Case of Hysteria (1994)

6. Thatcherism and the debate on prostitution: Kay Adshead: Thatcher’s Women (1987)

7. Violence and the debate on pornography: Sarah Daniels: Masterpieces (1983)

8. War, trauma, oppressive institutions and love in in-yer-face drama: Sarah Kane: Blasted (1995), Cleansed (1998), Skin (1997)

9. Re-writing the canon: Paula Vogel: Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief (1977)

10. Revising the myth of Philomela: Timberlake Wertenbaker: The Love of the Nightingale (1988)

11. Disability drama: Susan Nussbaum: No One as Nasty (1995/2000)

12. Non-heterosexual drama and pastiche: Bryony Lavery: Her Aching Heart (1990)

13. War, death, art, love in 21st century short plays: Caryl Churchill: Ding Dong the Wicked (2012), Here We Go (2015),Tickets are Now on Sale (2015)

14. Drama in the times of the pandemic: Isolated But Open: Voices from Across The Shutdown (collective work) (2020)

The whole course will be taught online (MS Teams discussions and presentations).

The texts for reading (both drama and theory) as well as discussion questions and assignments will be available in the moodle course.