Professor Thomas Horan
*Fulfills the British Literature since 1800 requirement
Meets at The Citadel, Tuesday, 7-9:45
This course will acquaint you with seminal plays by some of the most influential British and Commonwealth playwrights of the last hundred years. Through short lectures, class conversations, and a bit of impromptu acting, we will contextualize this drama within historical, social, political, and artistic frameworks. We will also explore the stylistic and thematic innovations that characterize this literature. Finally, we will consider how and why the issues confronted by these playwrights, including concerns related to ethnicity, gender, sexuality, politics, and social class remain relevant today. Readings will include plays by George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Joe Orton, Wole Soyinka, Edward Bond, Tom Stoppard, Caryl Churchill, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Sarah Kane, and Bola Agbaje.
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