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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
COVER SHEET FOR A NEW OR REVISED COURSE
Section A
Course title
Naturalist Theatre, 1880-1920
Teaching Unit (eg
Department)
English Literature
Course code
U04529
School
Literatures, Languages
and Cultures
Collaborating Body eg Department
or other Institution
Replacement course
UG
PG
New course
Revised course
Yes No
()
(√)
()
(√)
()
√
If Replacement course, give
Name of Course
Code
details of course (s) which this
European and British Naturalist
U02006
course replaces
Theatre (30 credits)
No. SCQF credit
20
Level eg
SCQF 10
Credit
points
SCQF 8
points
No.
No. of
Scheduled class hours - include day, start
Scheduled
Hours
weeks
and finish times and term
Teaching
per week
tba
Contact Teaching
2
10
Other required
1
10
attendance
Course operational with effect
2009/2010
from (date)
Any costs which may have to be met by students eg materials
Essential course texts
Give details of any Prerequisite Course(s)
Passes in English or Scottish Literature 1 and English or Scottish Literature 2, with a mark of 50 or above at the
first attempt in the second year course. Passes in third year courses in the subject area amounting to at least 40
credits.
Name of Course (s)
English or Scottish Literature 1
English or Scottish Literature 2
Course Code (s)
EL0001 or U03735
EL0003 or EL0004
Give details of programme(s) for which the course is mandatory
Programme Code(s)
Name of Programme (s)
Course(s) which cannot be taken with this course and counted towards a minimum qualifying curriculum
Name of Course (s)
Course Code (s)
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Short description of course
This course explores the movement of Naturalism in drama in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The
Naturalist dramatists aimed to establish a theatre in which the significant issues and ideas of the day could be
properly aired: their work consciously drew on new theories advanced by such thinkers as Darwin, Marx and
Charcot about the sources life, about the effects of heredity, about politics, society, and psychology. This new kind
of play, demanded a new kind of staging and acting, designed to reflect to audiences an illusion of actual
contemporary life. Starting from the development of Naturalist theatre in Europe, influenced by Zola, Strindberg,
Ibsen, the course will investigate the powerful impact in Britain on drama and on theatre practice of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
URL for supporting course
documentation
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours
/4year/index.htm
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will
* develop a wide knowledge of the dramatic literature, theory and staging practice of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century.
* enhance their understanding of the interaction between theatre and the intellectual currents of
its day.
* extend their critical understanding of the complementary roles of playtexts and staging
practice in the generation of meaning in theatre.
Components of Assessment
One course essay x 2500 words (25%) and one take home exam essay x 3000 words
(75%)
Approval Track
Approved by Teaching Unit or equivalent
body eg department
Approved by Board of Studies (or
equivalent body)
Noted/Approved by Faculty
Approved by UGSC/SPGSC
Date
Authorised signature
Registry Use
Name
Designation
Date received
Date record created
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
COVER SHEET FOR A NEW OR REVISED COURSE
Section B
ALL COURSES
Course organiser, if known. If not known, give interim contact
Name: Dr Sarah Carpenter
Tel:
650 3608
Secretarial/administrative contact in Teaching Unit
Email: sarah.carpenter@ed.ac.uk
Name: Catherine Williamson
Tel:
650 3620
Email: Catherine.williamson@ed.ac.uk
If the course will appear in a
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/index.htm
departmental website, please give the
URL
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES ONLY
Year in which the course is normally taken in a structured Honours programme ()
1
1 or 2
2
2 or 3
3
3 or 4 √
4
4 or 5
5
Year in which the course is normally taken in a modular or non Honours programme ()
1
1 or 2
2
2 or 3
3
3 or 4
4
4 or 5
5
1 or 2 or 3 or
4 or 5
Are class exams required ? ()
Yes
No √
No. of exam papers required (eg how
No. exam papers
Duration
many papers will each student be
required to answer)
Class Exams
Degree Exams
1
Take-away exam essay
When are the exams to be taken ()

June
June
Sept
1st attempt May
Resit
Has a quota for the course been approved by Faculty?
Yes
No

()
If yes, what is the maximum number of students
15
permitted?
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Naturalist Theatre, 1880-1920
Short description of course
This course explores the movement of Naturalism in drama in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. The Naturalist dramatists aimed to establish a theatre in
which the significant issues and ideas of the day could be properly aired: their work
consciously drew on new theories advanced by such thinkers as Darwin, Marx and
Charcot about the sources life, about the effects of heredity, about politics, society,
and psychology. This new kind of play, demanded a new kind of staging and acting,
designed to reflect to audiences an illusion of actual contemporary life. Starting from
the development of Naturalist theatre in Europe, influenced by Zola, Strindberg,
Ibsen, the course will investigate the powerful impact in Britain on drama and on
theatre practice of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will
* develop a wide knowledge of the dramatic literature, theory and staging practice of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
* enhance their understanding of the interaction between theatre and the intellectual
currents of its day.
* extend their critical understanding of the complementary roles of playtexts and
staging practice in the generation of meaning in theatre.
Sample seminar schedule
Week 1
Introduction
Drama and Naturalism - the fourth wall, the illusion
of reality
Week 2
Theories of Naturalism 1
Zola; Ibsen, Ghosts
Week 3
Theories of Naturalism 2
Strindberg, Miss Julie and The Father
Week 4
Heredity
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck
Week 5
Environment
Shaw, Mrs Warren's Profession
Chekhov Three Sisters
Week 6
Capitalism
Barker, Voysey Inheritance
Galsworthy, Strife
Week 7
Marriage
Ibsen, A Doll's House
Pinero, Second Mrs Tanqueray
Week 8
Essay Completion Week
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Week 9
British responses to the new drama
Week 10
Her Perspective
Sowerby, Rutherford and Son
Robins, Votes for Women
Week 11
Beyond Naturalism
Barker, The Madras House
Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
Bibliography
Bentley, Eric. The Playwright as Thinker : A Study of Drama in Modern Times.
Cleveland [Ohio]: World Publishing, 1955.
Bentley, Eric. The Theory of the Modern Stage : An Introduction to Modern Theatre
and Drama. Repr.[Pelican Original]. ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.
Booth, Michael R., and Joel H. Kaplan. The Edwardian Theatre : Essays on
Performance and the Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Chothia, Jean. English Drama of the Early Modern Period, 1890-1940. London:
Longman, 1996.
Clarke, Ian. Edwardian Drama a Critical Study. London: Faber, 1989.
Cole, Toby. Playwrights on Playwriting : The Meaning and Making of Modern
Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco. New York: Hill and Wang, 1960.
Finney, Gail. Women in Modern Drama : Freud, Feminism, and European Theater at
the Turn of the Century. Ithaca ; London: Cornell University Press, 1989.
Gottlieb, Vera, and Paul Allain. The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Innes, Christopher. Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw: C.U.P., 1998.
Innes, C. D. A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre. London ; New York: Routledge,
2000.
Kennedy, Dennis. Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1985.
McFarlane, James Walter. The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen, Cambridge
Companions to Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
McDonald, Jan. The "New Drama", 1900-1914 : Harley Granville Barker, John
Galsworthy, St. John Hankin, John Masefield. London: Macmillan Education, 1986.
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Powell, Kerry. The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre,
Cambridge Companions to Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2004.
Stokes, John. Resistible Theatres : Enterprise and Experiment in the Late Nineteenth
Century. London: Elek, 1972.
Styan, J. L. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice
Vol. 1, Realism and Naturalism. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press,
1980.
Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. London: Chatto & Windus, 1968.
Woodfield, James. English Theatre in Transition 1881-1914. London: Croom Helm,
1984.
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U04529: Naturalist Theatre, 1880-1920
Proposed
Course Code
U04529
Course Name
Naturalist Theatre, 1880-1920
'Owning' School
College
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
College of Humanities and Social Science
School Acronym Prefix
Normal Year Taken
School Acronym Suffix
School Acronym for
Course
Session Course
Operational with effect
from
Session Course (to be)
Closed or Withdrawn
(end of)
LLC
4 - Year 4 Undergraduate
U04529
LLC-4-U04529
Course(s) Replaced
Code
U02006 European and British Naturalist Theatre
Course Level
Undergraduate
Honours
Yes
Visiting Students
Only?
No
2009/2010
Visiting Students
Parent Course
Available for Visiting
Students?
No
Display in Visiting
Students Prospectus?
No
Course FTE
120
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Credit Points
20
Credit Scheme
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
Credit Level
10 - SCQF Level 10
'Home' Subject Area
Code Description
76
English Literature
'Other' Subject Area(s)
Course Organiser
1150 Dr Sarah Carpenter
Course Secretary
T1092 Mrs Catherine Williamson
Collaborating
Institution
Collaborating School
Additional Information
on Collaboration
Contact Teaching (if 0 2 hrs 0 mins per week, 10 weeks
then refer to Additional
Information on
Scheduled Class
Sessions below)
Other Required
Attendance
1 hrs 0 mins per week, 10 weeks
Programme(s) for
which course to be
seeded
Any costs which have
to be met by students
Essential course texts
Sched School
Code
G
Lits, Langs &
Culture
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Pre-requisite
Requirements
Passes in English or Scottish Literature 1, and English or Scottish
Literature 2, with a mark of 50 or above at the first attempt in the
second year course. Passes in third year courses in the subject area
amounting to at least 40 credits.
Visiting Students Prerequisite Requirements
Co-requisite
Requirements
Prohibited
Combination
Requirements
Short Description
This course explores the movement of Naturalism in drama in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Naturalist dramatists
aimed to establish a theatre in which the significant issues and ideas
of the day could be properly aired: their work consciously drew on
new theories advanced by such thinkers as Darwin, Marx and Charcot
about the sources life, about the effects of heredity, about politics,
society, and psychology. This new kind of play, demanded a new kind
of staging and acting, designed to reflect to audiences an illusion of
actual contemporary life. Starting from the development of Naturalist
theatre in Europe, influenced by Zola, Strindberg, Ibsen, the course
will investigate the powerful impact in Britain on drama and on
theatre practice of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Keywords
Summary of Intended
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will
* develop a wide knowledge of the dramatic literature, theory and
staging practice of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
* enhance their understanding of the interaction between theatre and
the intellectual currents of its day.
* extend their critical understanding of the complementary roles of
playtexts and staging practice in the generation of meaning in theatre.
Special Arrangements Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving
English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of
English Literature.
URL - Internet (i.e.
available to all)
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URL - Intranet (i.e.
restricted to .ed
domain)
URL for supporting
approval
documentation
Fee Code if invoiced at
course level
Default Course Mode
of Study
CE - Classes and Assessment (including centrally arranged
examination)
Default Delivery Period S1 - Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)
Class Sessions
Additional (to Class
Sessions above)
Information on
Scheduled Class
Sessions
Alternative
Examination Slot
Components of
Assessment
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 take-away exam essay(75%).
Summative Exams
Diet Diet
Month
1ST 5
Month Assessment
Result Due (1st Diet)
June
Month Assessment
Result Due (2nd Diet)
n/a
Convener of BoE
1150 Dr Sarah Carpenter
Common Marking
Scheme
VERS2 - Version 2 (excl MBChB and BVM&S)
Paper
Code
1
Paper
Name
--
Duration Stat'y Comments
Hrs/Mins Req
2
0
20
sides
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Taught in Gaidhlig?
N
%age taught in
Gaidhlig
Included in Teaching
Load Calculations?
Teaching Load Split
Other institution
providing teaching
Percentage not taught
by this institution
Course Comments
(Internal Use Only)
School's Own Use 1
School's Own Use 2
School's Own Use 3
Yes