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120168 VO Advanced Cultural Studies Course (426) = Cultural Studies M 1 (MA) (2009W)

Theatres in the British Isles (History, Architecture, Cultural Capital)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Diese LVA gilt für die Masterstudien Englisch nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Details

max. 80 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 20.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 27.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 03.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 10.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 17.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 24.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 01.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 15.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 12.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 19.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This survey will consider theatres in the British Isles as cultural capital and focus on the following topics: religious plays of the Middle Ages (pageants), Elizabethan and Jacobean playhouses (bull- and bear-baiting yards, Shakespeare's Globe, indoor theatres), Restoration Theatres, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, provincial theatres, Dublin's Abbey Theatre as a national theatre, Edinburgh (Traverse Theatre), Stratford-upon Avon (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre), the London theatre scene today (esp. Royal Court, Royal National Theatre, The Modern Globe, West End and Fringe).

Assessment and permitted materials

Requirements for credit: written final test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

It is the aim of this lecture course to provide an introduction to the theatre history and theatre historiography of the British Isles. It will attempt an overview of the physical givens of theatre and drama in combination with a consideration of the vicissitudes of British and Irish cultural history. In other words, in this course we will study theatres as playing spaces in relation to prevailing traditions of drama and dramaturgy in their respective socio-cultural contexts. The cultural studies approach proposed here will combine aspects of theatre history, theatre architecture, literary and cultural history.

Examination topics

Lecture course; classroom discourse will be supplemented by visual aids (ppt, excerpts from documentary and feature films).

Reading list

A reader and additional material for study will be provided on an e-learning platform. Therefore, students are asked to familiarise themselves in advance with the FRONTER platform. For introduction and self-guided tour, please see
https://www.univie.ac.at/ZID/elearning-infos-studierende/

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, MA 812, MA 844

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