Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(ENL642) -  Αθανάσιος Δημάκης

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

This course explores identity and sexuality in 20th-century Anglophone Theatre, examining the ways in which theatre engages with, deconstructs, challenges, and resists normative gender and sexuality. We will adopt an intersectional approach to the subject and analyze the theatrical, literary, and aesthetic means by which plays confront issues of identity, in the context of power relations, race, and politics. It explores the queering of the stage and the performance of gender identity and sexuality, starting at the end of the nineteenth century and ending with contemporary experimentation and daring heights.

Primary Sources (Plays):
Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act (1894), Oscar Wilde
The Children's Hour (1934), Lillian Hellman
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), Edward Albee
Betrayal (1978), Harold Pinter
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes:
Part I, “Millennium Approaches” (1993), Tony Kushner

The course surveys theoretical and critical approaches to identity and sexuality (Gender Studies, Feminist Criticism, Queer Theory) and charts how different theories and methodologies work in practice engaging with a variety of theatrical texts and performances. The course thus aims at developing a complex critical approach to plays from the 20th-century British and American scene. Clips from film adaptations of the plays and performances will help explore ways of “reading” identity and sexuality on stage (West End, Broadway or bohemian club theatres, Off-Broadway, fringe): Oscar Wilde, Lillian Hellman, Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, Tony Kushner.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Τρίτη 5 Μαρτίου 2024