COURSE SPECIFICATION ARABI COURSE TITLE CODE/ NO. UNITS CH PRE-REQUISITES 3 LANE 341 C Th. Pr. Tr. CODE/ NO. Modern Drama LANE 343 343 لين 3 and Poetry TOTAL 3 Brief contents, to be posted on university site and documents(4-5 lines): Modern drama is a vision of modern times. Studying twentieth century drama is very interesting and of free motif unlike the traditional writing of drama in the past centuries. Students identify their insight in studying scenes and sights of present life. This course is concerned with the development of drama and poetry in latest centuries. The course traces the development of modern themes and styles in the work of major and minor British and American poets. Course objectives: 1) To help students compare between the characteristics of modern poetry and drama. 2) To help students study trends and movements of dramatic writing. 3) To help students appreciate dramatic performances. 4) To enrich students' knowledge of the modern poetry. 5) Demonstrate the skills of close reading, critical and analytical response to poetry. Course Outcome: Knowledge Students acquaint with principles of great literary works. They create a desire to read further poems and dramas. Cognitive Skills Students recognize the process of the development of English poetry and drama through modern ages. Interpersonal skills and responsibilities (Group participation, leadership, personal responsibility, ethic and moral behaviour, capacity for self directed learning) Analysis and Communicative Skills Students study three selected plays .The course introduces writing plays in ages after Shakespeare and before the twentieth century. Evaluation: Mid–tem tests, seminar, discussions, participation, pairs and groups activities, and final examination Prescribed Book: The collections of the prescribed authors. Kenneth Picketing. How to study Modern Drama Macmillan, 2008. Greenblatt, Stephen G. (ed.) The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Romantic Period Through the Twentieth Century. London: Norton, 2006. Other Information Resources .Salgado, G. English Drama : Critical Introduction. London : Edward Arnold, 2000. Baym, Nina, (ed.) The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Norton, 2002. Ramazani, Jahan, Elmann Richards, and Robert O’Clair,(eds.) The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry. London: Norton, 2003. Timetable of Syllabus Week Titles Sections 1 Explanation with reference to the context of passages from the prescribed plays in the following units. Unit I 2 Elements of drama Unit I One selected play of T. S. Eliot: 3 e. g. - Murder in the Cathedral - The Cocktail Party OR : One selected play of Oscar Wilde: e.g. - The Importance of Being Earnest Unit II 4 Assessment of the plays Unit II One selected play of Arthur Miller: 5 6 e.g. - All My Sons - Death of a Salesman OR : One selected play of Osborne: e.g. -- Look Back in Anger OR: One selected play of Harold Pinter: e.g. - The Birthday Party Assessment of the plays 7 Midterm Test 1 8 Introduction to poetry – trends, schools, centuries, famous modern poets 9 Milton : selected poem: e.g. - ‘One His Blindness’, - ‘One May Morning’ Unit III Unit VI Unit V Unit VI 10 Shakespeare: selected sonnet: e.g. Nos. 17, 20, 23, 30, 42, 55 Unit VI 11 Dryden : selected poem : e.g “ Mac Flecknoe “ Unit VII 12 Midterm Test 2 13 14 15 Donne : selected poems : e.g. – ‘The Good Morrow’ - ‘The Sunne Rising’ ‘This is my play’s Last scene’ - ‘At the round earths imagined corners.’ George Herbert : selected poems: e. g. - ‘Rédemption’, - ‘Life’ OR: Andrew Marvell : selected poem: e.g. – ‘To His coy Mistress’ - ‘One Drop of Dew’, - ‘Horatian Ode’ Final Exam Unit VIII Unit IX Unit X