15-DTCPKE-TD-11
This course is part and parcel of the Theatre and Drama in English Programme. The main aim of the course is to familiarize students with the phenomenon of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Students will also get to know selected works by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists. They will also learn about the key influences that lead to the development of early modern drama in England. The course will utilize previously learnt terminology in drama and theatre studies in practice. Theatre conventions and practices, the structure of playhouses as well as key themes in early modern drama will be discussed. The ability to read early modern texts as well as reference literature will be practised. Having completed the course students will be aware of the continuity of historical processes but also the overwhelming impact of political and ideological circumstances on the formation of human identity.
- Nauczyciel: Katarzyna Burzyńska