- Docente: Keir Douglas Elam
- Credits: 12
- SSD: L-LIN/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Philosophy (cod. 0957)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
Course contents
London Staged: The metropolis between space and time, history and memory, in contemporary British drama (1956-2006)
This course intends to explore the relationship between London and contemporary English drama, taking the British capital not only as the privileged place for the staging of plays, but also as setting, and often as protagonist, of the drama itself. London is the scene of memory: theatrical memory – because since the time of Shakespeare it is synonymous with performance – but also historical and social memory, since the British metropolis has been at the centre of modern European and postcolonial history, as well as of the great cultural and social changes that took place in the second half of the Twentieth century. All of the selected plays take London as their setting and as their dramatic theme. The critical reading of these plays – accompanied, when possible, by video performances – will be grounded in the cultural history of contemporary London.
Timetable (second semester)
Monday 17:00 - 19:00 AULA III
Tuesday 17:00 - 19:00 AULA III
Wednesday 17:00 - 19:00 AULA III
Readings/Bibliography
Primary texts (12 credits)
Testi primari
John Osborne, Look Back in Anger 1956
Harold Pinter, The Caretaker 1960
Old Times 1971
Edward Bond, Saved 1965
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz e Guildenstern are Dead (Rosencrantz e Guildenstern sono morti) 1966
Caryl Churchill, Top Girls 1982
Sarah Kane, Blasted 1995
Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and Fucking 1996
Polly Stenham That face 2006
Teaching methods
The teaching method will involve lectures and discussion, the reading of plays and other mateiral, and the viewing of multimedial material.
Assessment methods
At the end of the course there will be a written exam for attending students. Non-attending students will take the exam in oral form.
Office hours
See the website of Keir Douglas Elam