Overview
Aims
1. Appropriate use of specific language in communication with different professional environments;
2. Use of specialized knowledge to explain and interpret new situations, in broader contexts associated with the field;
3. Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in conditions of incomplete information, to solve new theoretical and practical problems;
4. Nuanced and pertinent use of evaluation criteria and methods, to formulate value judgments and substantiate constructive decisions;
1. Integrated interpretation in various contexts, national and European, of Romanian literature, with the explanation in a multidisciplinary context of complex cultural phenomena;
2. Formulation and motivation, within professional projects, of a personal point of view in relation to literary and cultural phenomena and texts;
3. Elaboration of a research project on the work of a writer/a literary era/a literary school/a group of thematically or ideologically related texts, using appropriately the concepts and methods of literary and comparative studies;
4. Execution of complex professional tasks, under conditions of autonomy and professional independence;
Course contents
1. Evolution of 20th-century playwriting. Henrik Ibsen. 2. Aspects of the victim-possessor relationship in the theater of August Strindberg. 3. Frank Wedekind. 4. Alfred Jarry, the precursor of surrealism. Jarry's work between two centuries. Alfred Jarry and the grotesque man in the play Ubu King 5. Anton Cehov, The Seagull (1895). 6. Luigi Pirandello. Pirandellian life and theater. The theatrical poetics of Luigi Pirandello. Humorous man 7. Bertold Brecht and Mutter Courage (1939), or living beyond the canons. Bertold Brecht, the experimenter, in a war-torn Germany. Theorizing the concept of epic theater at Bertold Brecht. 8. Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). 9. S. Beckett - bio-bibliographical landmarks. Waiting for Godot (1948). 10. Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962). 11. Eugen Ionescu, The Lesson (1950). 12. Albert Camus. The universe of the philosophical-literary work. The absurd man in the theater of Albert Camus 13. The life and dramatic work of J.-P. Sartre. The ideological determination of the theater.The philosophy of "the other" in Sartre's theater 14. Maxim Gorky, The Night Asylum (From the Depths, 1902)
Learning outcomes
C7. Is aware of the intercultural dimension, showing openness and sensitivity to cultural differences and activating the principle of intercultural dialogue.
Assessment
A 15 minutes final oral examination (50% of the final grade), Combined oral and paper, portfolio, project (25% + 25% of the final grade)