Syllabus
Basic schedule (full details are available on http://ualk.ff.cuni.cz/link-courses-ma):
Introduction: What is New Writing? Contexts for Contemporary British theatre
Theatre, Politics and questions of feeling: From Brecht to Rancière to Ahmed
Perception: Sarah Kane: Blasted (1995), Crave (1998)
Postmodernity: Some Explicit Polaroids (1999), Pool (No Water) (2006)
Ethics: David Greig: Dunsinane (2010), The Events (2013)
Dis-ease: Martin Crimp: Fewer Emergencies (2005), In the Republic of Happiness (2012)
Dis-ease: Caryl Churchill: Far Away (2000), Escaped Alone (2016)
Spectators: Tim Crouch The Author (2009), with Andy Smith What Happens to Hope at the End of the Evening (2013)
Feminist Attachments: Alice Birch: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (2016), Anatomy of a Suicide (2017)
Precarities: debbie tucker green: generations (2005), ear for eye (2018)
Collectives/Crisis: Andy Smith Commonwealth (2012), Tim Crouch Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation (2019)
ESSAY PROPOSALS DUE by Friday 8 May at 18.00
Conclusion and discussion of research projects