Spring Break 2017: March 10-17
Theatre and Theatricality: London and the Provinces
Dr. Tanya Caldwell
ENGL 8460 (English Drama) or 8900 (Topics) & ENGL 4200
(Topics)
Purpose:
This is a cultural studies on-site experience in which you
will immerse yourselves in the rich theatre history of England. We will see first-hand how theatre developed
in response to cultural and historical circumstances from Shakespeare’s time
through the present in the metropolis. A
trip to Bath (and instruction in the development in the eighteenth century of
provincial theatre) will give you a glimpse of the way theatre expanded outside
the main centers as empire expanded. We
will pay close attention to the use of spectacle as public entertainment and
attitudes towards spectacle from the eighteenth-century onward.
Syllabus:
Saturday 02/25
(10am-12pm): Mandatory pre-departure lecture and orientation
Friday 03/10: Leave Atlanta
Saturday 03/11: Arrive London; tour Covent Garden; discuss The Country Wife
Saturday 03/11: Arrive London; tour Covent Garden; discuss The Country Wife
Sunday 03/12: Madame Tussauds: revolutionary theatricality
in France & England. Discussion of Behn’s Emperor of the Moon.
Monday 03/13: Tour of Theatre Royal Haymarket; Show at TRH. Kinky
Boots at Adelphi Theatre
Tuesday 03/14: Bath, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle Tour; theatre
in provinces
Wednesday 03/15: Tour of Oxford, Cotswolds, Stratford-Upon-Avon Tour; discuss Othello at pub
Thursday 03/16: Globe theatre tour; attend Othello at Globe
Friday 03/17: Return to Atlanta
Required texts:
William Wycherley, The Country Wife
William Wycherley, The Country Wife
Aphra Behn, The
Emperor of the Moon (handout)
William Shakespeare, Othello
Assessment and assignments (4202 & 8900):
Trip involvement: (group participation, collegiality) 30%
Blog post (personal response to one or more elements of trip with pictures) 30%
Final research paper (8-10 pages for 4202; 15-20 pages for 8900) 60%
Final paper description:
Write a research paper (using your experience as the basis for your research if you wish--pictures, documents you picked up as well as any other secondary sources) on whatever topic or text inspired you. You can reach across periods or compare and contrast texts. For 8900 people, 15-20 pages would be acceptable for this class. If you are thinking about a publishable paper, 25 is typically the length to aim for. I am happy to read drafts at any point and to be available to answer questions.
Assessment and assignments (4202 & 8900):
Trip involvement: (group participation, collegiality) 30%
Blog post (personal response to one or more elements of trip with pictures) 30%
Final research paper (8-10 pages for 4202; 15-20 pages for 8900) 60%
Final paper description:
Write a research paper (using your experience as the basis for your research if you wish--pictures, documents you picked up as well as any other secondary sources) on whatever topic or text inspired you. You can reach across periods or compare and contrast texts. For 8900 people, 15-20 pages would be acceptable for this class. If you are thinking about a publishable paper, 25 is typically the length to aim for. I am happy to read drafts at any point and to be available to answer questions.
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