'English Drama: Modern' is a course offered in Sixth Semester of B. A. (Bachelor of Arts) English Language and Literature program at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus.
To introduce modem English theatre and drama; to expose the students to the themes, techniques, stage-craft and devices that characterize modern drama; to make them familiar with the revolutionary changes introduced by the great dramatists like Shawand Synge; to introduce them to the problems involved in the production of modern plays.
Unit 1
Introducing modern drama - features and development-themes and concerns-styles and movements-types of theatre.
Unit 2
Bernard Shaw. Pygmalion.
John Osborne. Look Back in Anger
Unit 3
Pinter, Harold. The Birthday Party.
Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Unit 4
J.M.Synge. Riders to the Sea.
Edward Bond. Lear.
Unit 5
Robert Bolt. A Man for All Seasons.
Dorris Lessing. Play With a Tiger.