2012-2013 FALL TERM AKE 2005 SYLLABUS

Course Code			AKE 2005
Name of the Course			American Drama
Instructor			Dr. Arsev Ayşen Arslanoğlu
Office			Block: A  Room: 114
Office Hours			Friday 10:00-11:00
E-mail			arsev@yahoo.com
Course Description			This course aims at introducing the students various theoretical views on theatre and the works of major American dramatists.
Course Requirements			The students are expected to come to class having read the assigned text.
The book/books to be used			Mentioned below
Attendance			Minimum 70% attendance is graded.
Grading			Midterm examination 40%, Final examination 60%
Important points to be remembered			·         You are expected to come to class having read the assigned text. ·         It is very important you come to class on time. If you are late more than five minutes, please wait for the next course hour. ·         You should attend minimum 70% of the courses.
	Dates.			Schedule
1	01.10	05.10		Introduction
2	08.10	12.10		Mark Fortier, Theatre Theory : An Introduction
3	15.10	19.10		David Krasner, “The Changing Perceptions of American Drama”, A Companion Twentieth-Century American Drama (1-2) Mark Evans Bryan, “American Drama, 1900-1915) A Companion Twentieth-Century American Drama (3-17)
4	22.10	26.10		Eugene O'Neill, Long Days Journey into Night
5	29.10	02.11		Eugene O'Neill, Long Days Journey into Night
6	05.11	09.11		Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra
7	12.11	16.11		Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra
8	19.11	23.11		Midterm Examination
9	26.11	30.11		“Tennessee Williams: The Theatricalising Self”, Modern American Drama 259-297 Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
10	03.12	07.12		Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth
11	10.12	14.12		Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge
12	17.12	21.12		Edward Albee, Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
13	24.12	28.12		Gertrude Stein, Four Saints in Three Acts
14	31.12	04.01		Gertrude Stein, Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
15	07.01	11.01		Concluding Remarks