Course Outline

Course Title: Drama III: Modern Drama

Course Code: ENG-603

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents

Core Plays & Playwrights

1. Henrik Ibsen – A Doll’s House (1879)
2. George Bernard Shaw – Man and Superman (1905)
3. Samuel Beckett – Waiting for Godot (1953)
4. Bertolt Brecht – Life of Galileo (1943)

Note:

• Compulsory Playwrights: Ibsen, Shaw, and Beckett.
• Elective Playwright: One additional writer may be chosen by the teacher.
• Additional Assignments & Projects: Teachers may assign supplementary readings and class projects from other playwrights if needed.

Recommended Books

• Billington, Michael. Harold Pinter. Faber and Faber, 1996.
• Esslin, Martin. The Theater of the Absurd. New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1961.
• Evans, T. F. George Bernard Shaw. Routledge, 2013.
• Fraser, G.S. The Modern Writer and His World. Rupa and Co., Calcutta, 1961.
• Kenner, Hugh. Samuel Beckett: A Critical Study. New York, Grove Press, 1961.
• Mayor, Laura Reis. Four Major Plays of Ibsen. Penguin Group USA, 2008.
• Rayfield, Donald. Anton Chekhov: A Life. Northwest University Press, 1997.
• Tornquist, Egil. Ibsen’s The Doll’s House. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
• White, John J. Bertolt Brecht’s Dramatic Theory. Camden House, 2004.
• Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. Penguin in association with Chatto and Windus.