Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(410092) -  Πατρίσια Κόκκορη

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

COURSE DESCRIPTION, REQUIREMENTS & EXAM

This course aims to introduce students to an overview study of the evolution of western theatre. By examining the cultural roots of the genres of tragedy and comedy in ancient drama we trace how boundaries are transgressed and conventions are subverted by appropriating mythological archetypes or using imaginative writing to present the invisible, or as yet indiscernible, aspects of human experience in the works of playwrights ranging from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Shakespeare to Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov and Bertolt Brecht to Samuel Beckett. Indicatively, we analyse the Oresteia (Agamemnon & Eumenides), Oedipus, Medea, the Bacchae, The Birds, Hamlet, A Doll’s House, Three Sisters, The Good Person of Setzuan and Endgame.

In exploring the major antecedents to contemporary drama we examine the context that the plays were performed in and generic developments. In parallel, we view contemporary performances and links are made to the different interpretations this classic canon has garnered, drawing on insights from philosophy, psychology, literary and performance theory.

A defining feature of theatre history is the enduring fascination with certain plays that are revered through the ages for the way their writers patterned in the dramatic narrative many aspects of human experience. Combined with the direct encounter of these imagined universes in performance one explanation for their enduring appeal is that they challenge perception inviting spectators’ expanded vision.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Παρασκευή 8 Απριλίου 2016