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ENG-2113: American Drama Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
The course is a general historical introduction to American drama and provides insight into the use of central methods and terms in the analysis of drama. | Contents
This course provides an introduction to modern American drama and its history through the close-reading of selected texts. These include plays by Eugene O''Neill, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee, as well as David Mamet and other central American contemporary dramatists. The main features of drama as genre will be discussed, and the course will also provide an introduction to analytical terms and methods for the study of dramatic literature. | Form of teaching
6 weeks of teaching, 2-3 weeks of supervision (mid-term paper), 7 weeks of teaching, 2-3 weeks of supervision.
Teaching consists of lectures, seminars, discussions led by students and tuition in paper writing.
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements: Each student is required to lead the discussion during one 45-minute seminar session (or two students may lead the discussion together for a double session). This session must be approved by the teacher before the student can take the final school exam.
Assessment method: Mid-term paper (up to 8 pages, double line spacing, submission after approximately nine weeks) and a six hour school exam at the end of the semester). The mid-term paper counts for 1/2 and the end-of-term paper for 1/2 of the final grade. | Date(s) of written examination
05.05.2006
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Contact person/lecturer
Professor Fredrik Chr. Brøgger, tel.: 77 64 42 76, email: fredrik.brogger@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
http://uit.no/humfak/pensumlister/ |
Teaching spring 2006
Første forelesning: Fredag 13. januar kl 0915, rom A 3019 | | Forelesning | Lese-/skriveuker: 9 - 11
Foreleser Prof. Fredrik C. Brøgger
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