American Drama Course Syllabus (2013-2014)

Course Code				AKE 2027
Name of the Course				American Drama
Instructor				Dr. Arsev Ayşen Arslanoğlu
Office				Block: A  Room: 114
Office Hours				Monday 14:00-15:00
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 will be specified later.		Schedule
1	23.09	27.09	Introduction
2	30.09	04.10	David Krasner, ed. Theatre in Theory (Oscar Wilde, Maurice Maeterlinck, Vsevolod Meyerhold, F.T.Marinetti, Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Eugène O’Neill, Jean Paul Sartre, Martin Esslin) (You should read the introductory part of each era)
3	07.10	11.10	Eugene O'Neill, Long Days Journey into Night
4	14.10	18.10	HOLIDAY
5	21.10	25.10	Eugene O'Neill, Strange Interlude
6	28.10	01.11	HOLIDAY
7	04.11	08.11	Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth
8	11.11	15.11	“Tennessee Williams: The Theatricalising Self”, Modern American Drama 259-297 Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
9	18.11	22.11	Midterm Examination
10	25.11	29.11	Edward Albee, Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
11	02.12	06.12	Gertrude Stein, Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
12	09.12	13.12	Bonnie Marranca, ed. Plays for the End of the Century
13	16.12	20.12	Bonnie Marranca, ed. Plays for the End of the Century
14	23.12	27.12	Bonnie Marranca, ed. Plays for the End of the Century
15	30.12	03.01	Concluding Remarks