99年第2學期-0162 戲劇選讀 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Mid-Term and Final	50
Class Participation	30
Group Performance	20

教育目標

Students will be guided to 1) learn diferent genres of drama. 2) appreciate and analyze dramatic texts. 3) use their understanding of drama to present a short piece of drama on stage. 4) cultivate the ability of critical thinking on dramatic woks.

課程概述

This course offered to FLLD Major Students will take into account several aspects of Drama Studies and story telling by way of the major dramatists (in English). They will be divided as follows: 1: Narrative – the dramatic story 2: Narration – how the drama unfolds 3: The characters in the drama (Preparing for the Role in Acting) 4: Plot Structure – the art of drama (story telling) 5: Different kinds of Drama [Tragedy, Comedy, Romance, Absurd, etc.] This course will primarily examine the narrative elements of drama: we will examine such structural elements as characterization, plot structures (i.e. linear, episodic, etc.) and dramatic conflict. In addition students will explore a major school of critical thought aligned to the assigned reading. Next, students will explore aspects of dramatic narration and theme. Here we will look at diction, tone, narrator reliability, denouement and the sense of an ending. Critical essays on narration will be read along with the selected Play. Finally, the different types of drama will be investigated in relation to what students have read up to this point in addition to selections from Student Reports and Presentations. This will aid students in comparing the cultural and gender specific aspects of DRAMA. The development of drama has been made possible with the advances in different disciplines of thought such as sociology, psychology, philosophy and studies in mythology. The student will be made familiar with these “extrinsic” schools of criticism as applied to drama. Critical essays and selections from different critics will be assigned as topics for class reports and short presentation papers.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：0-2
上課時間：五/3,4[LAN010]
修課班級：外文系2,3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：大二學生優先選課 意者請於預選階段至系辦登記

參考書目

Plays:

Long Days journey into Night

A Streetcar Named Desire

We Wont Pay! We Wont Pay!

The Good Woman of Setzuan

Waiting for Godot