현대영국희곡

강좌 소개

The course will begin the study of Modern British Drama by analyzing its reactions to the two dominant theatrical forms at the turn of the 20th century the long established comedy of manners and the new revolutionary forms of Realism and Naturalism From Noel Coward Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw in the early part of the 20th century to Harold Pinter in the 1960s to Sarah Kane and Caryl Churchill in the late 1990s playwrights approached the theatre as a platform for social critique cultural commentary political satire and celebration of the human spirit The historical form of the comedy of manners which portrays and parodies the etiquette and aesthetics of the upper classes was a model that playwrights plundered and deconstructed knowing that audiences would recognize the conventions and find titillation and humor in their being repurposed Realism and naturalism revolutionary in their focus on the interior of the domestic sphere as well as the interior of the human mind helped c

교수·강사

Claire Maria Chambers

등록일

2018-05-02