Educational guide 2015_16 Faculty of Arts

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
The Nature of Theatre	Drama and theatre Text and performance Elements of a play
Introduction to English Drama	Medieval Drama Renaissance and Restauration Modern English Drama
Twentieth Ceentury English Drama	Realism and Humour Commedy of Manners and Social Content J. P. P Priestley, An Inspector Calls Realism and Absurd H. Pinter, The Birthday Party
Introduction to American Drama	Early Tweentieth-Century Drama Realism and lyricism Tennessee Willimas, A Street Car Named Desire. From Modernism to Postmodernism Edward Albee, Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf Ethnic Theatre Race, gender and society Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun