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123220 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2014W)

Martin McDonagh: Playwright and Filmmaker

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 21.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 28.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 04.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 11.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 18.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 25.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 02.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 09.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 16.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 13.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 20.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 27.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

"A play should be a thrill like a fantastic rollercoaster." What Martin McDonagh in an interview in 1997 described as one of the principles of his dramaturgy has since been generally acknowledged as a hallmark of his oeuvre (esp. the so-called "Leenane Trilogy") even as he seems to have drifted into another genre and nowadays is often better known as a filmmaker, viz. his Oscar-winning short film "Six Shooter" (2006) and the internationally acclaimed "In Bruges" (2008) and "Seven Psychopaths" (2012). The films perpetuate in another medium typical features associated with McDonagh the dramatist: the bodily grotesque (resulting from the portrayal of physical violence), violent language, solecisms, non-sequiturs, inconsequential dialogues, and, of course, black humour and cynicism.

NB: Students wishing to register early and ready to take on one of the topics for oral presentations in October/early November are kindly asked to contact Prof. Huber via e-mail wern.huber@univie.ac.at asap:
Oct 14: (1) Martin McDonagh: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey
Oct 21: (2) Martin McDonagh in Interviews
(3) Introducing THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
Oct 28: (4) In-Yer-Face Theatre

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation in class, PowerPoint presentation, research paper (ca. 20 pp.), written final written test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

We will attempt to study and historicise McDonagh's impact in the context of 1990s In-Yer-Face theatre and consider his films with regard to their critique of Irishness as well as intertextual and metafictional strategies.

Examination topics

Class discussion of plays and films and selected scenes; student presentations on selected topics.

Reading list

Martin McDonagh, "Plays 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Skull in Connemara, The Lonesome West" (London: Methuen, 1999). ISBN-13: 978-0413713506.
Further material for obligatory and ancillary reading will be provided on an e-learning platform. Therefore, students are asked to familiarise themselves in advance with the MOODLE platform. For introduction and self-guided tour, please see <https://elearning.univie.ac.at/>.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374

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