BECKETT AND AFTER
| Title | BECKETT ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΜΕΤΕΠΕΙΤΑ / BECKETT AND AFTER |
| Code | Λογ6-378 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600009877 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600243338
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Class Schedule
| Building | School of Modern Greek |
| Floor | Groundfloor |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ 112 (111) |
| Calendar | Thursdsay 11:00 to 13:30 |
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600243338
- At the Website of the School: http://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=78
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=8958
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- students are introduced to the intricacies of Beckett’s writing
- students are exposed to contemporary British theatre texts (of the post-Beckett period)
- students follow the course of British theatre making after Beckett (examining how his experimentation in the theatre has been reflected / echoed / resisted and carried further in plays of the post-Beckettian period)
General Competences
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
. A collection of exemplary dramatic texts (both by Beckett and by post-Beckett playwrights such as Ravenhill, Churchill, Pinter, Crimp, debbie tucker green, Εnda Walsh etc.) form necessary material for analysis and discussion in class.
-Students are provided with additional bibliography on Beckett's work as well as on post-Beckett playwrights
Keywords
drama, Samuel Beckett, modern Britishh theatre
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 40 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ||||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 10 | ||||
| Project | 30 | ||||
| Written assigments | 30 | ||||
| Exams | 10 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
final exam and one optional essay in the course of the semester(either reflection essay following creative project work, or a research paper on suggested topics)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Report (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Brater, Enoch. Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's Late Style in the Theater. New York: Oxford UP, 1987. Print.
Cohn, Ruby. Back to Beckett. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1973. Print.
Cronin, Anthony, Samuel Beckett: the Last Modernist. London: HarperCollins, 1996. Print.
Fletcher, John, and John Spurling. Beckett: A Study of His Plays. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. Print.
Gussow, Mel. Conversations with and about Beckett. New York: Grove, 1996. Print.
Kalb, Jonathan. Beckett in Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1989. Print.
Kennedy, Andrew K. Samuel Beckett. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1989. Print.
Knowlson, James, Damned to Fame: the Life of Samuel Beckett. London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
Lyons, Charles R. Samuel Beckett. London and Basingstoke: MacMillan, 1983. Print.
McMillan, Dougald, and Martha Fehsenfeld. Beckett in the Theatre: The Author as Practical Playwright and Director. London: J. Calder, 1988. Print.
McMullan, Anna. Theatre on Trial: Samuel Beckett's Later Drama. New York: Routledge, 1993. Print.
Raby, Peter. Ed. The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001.
Pinter, Harold. Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics 1948- 1998. London: Faber and Faber, 1998..
Esslin, Martin. Pinter: A Study of his Plays. London: Methuen, 1973.
Gussow, Mel. Conversations with Pinter. London: Nick Hern, 1994.
Smith, Ian. Pinter in the Theatre. London: Nick Hern, 2005.
Diamond, Elin. Pinter's Comic Play. Lewisburg: Bucknell UP, 1985. Print.
Scott, Michael, ed. Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party, The Caretaker & The Homecoming: a Casebook. London: Macmillan, 1986.
Gale, Steven H., ed. Harold Pinter: Critical Approaches. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1986.
Aston, Elaine, and Elin Diamond, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2009.
Randall, Phyllis R. Caryl Churchill: A Casebook. New York: Garland Pub., 1988. Print.
Inchley, Maggie. "Hearing Young Voices on the London Stage:Shit Bein'Seventeen Int it? Never Take Us Serious'." Contemporary Theatre Review 22.3 (2012): 327-343.
Sierz, Aleks. "Beyond timidity? The state of British new writing." PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 27.3 (2005): 55-61.
Aston, Elaine. ‘Debbie Tucker Green’. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. Ed. Middeke, Martin, Peter P. Schnierer and Aleks Sierz. London: Methuen, 2011. 183-202.
Fragkou, Marissia and Lynette Goddard. ‘Acting In/Action: Staging Human Rights in debbie tucker green’s Royal Court Plays’. Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground. Ed. Vicky Angelaki. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. (available online)
Goddard, Lynette. Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Sierz, Aleks. The Theatre of Martin Crimp. London: Methuen Drama, 2006.
Sierz, Aleks. In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today. London: Faber and Faber, 2001.
Last Update
13-06-2020
