Dramatic Mode II Lesson Plan January-May 2014

LESSON PLAN

Semester: PG I, Second Semester, 2014

Course: CL/PG/2.2 Dramatic Mode II

Teachers: Kunal Chattopadhyay, Samantak Das, Ranita Chakraborty Dasgupta

Course Coordinator:  Kunal Chattopadhyay

Texts

Theory: Aristotle, Poetics (selections), Lessing, Hamburg Dramaturgy (selections), Brecht, Messingkauf Dialogues (selections)

Tragedy: Sophocles, Oedipus the King; Shakespeare, King Lear; Schiller, Don Carlos

Comedy: Aristophanes, The Frogs; Plautus, Pseudolus; Moliere, The Would Be Gentleman

Teaching plan

1. Kunal Chattopadhyay:                    Poetics – 16 lectures

                                                            Oedipus the King – 8 lectures

                                                            The Frogs – 8 lectures

2. Samantak Das:                                Introduction to Theory – 4 lectures

                                                            Hamburg Dramaturgy – 6 lectures

                                                            Messingkauf Dialogues – 6 lectures

                                                            King Lear – 8 lectures

                                                            Don Carlos – 8 lectures

3. Ranita Chakraborty Dasgupta:       Pseudolus – 8 lectures

                                                            The Would Be Gentleman – 8 lectures

3 internals

4 March 2014  -- Kunal Chattopadhyay

24--28 March 2014 – Ranita Chakraborty Dasgupta

10--16 April 2014 – Samantak Das

Precise dates will be communicated by the teacher concerned within the next seven days

Supplementary: 25 April