ENGL 324 Contemporary British Drama (C,G)
This course explores some of Britain’s key dramatic works of the past fifty years, including works associated with (post-)colonialism. The students will come to an understanding of why these living documents are important theatrically (kitchen-sink realism, post-Brechtian, absurd, Angry Young Men, In Yer Face, farce, docudrama, state of the nation) and socio-historically (issues related to war, gender roles, sexuality, class, privilege, mental illness, race, religion, government, power, national identity, censorship, jingoism, among others).