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English 162
THE MODERN DRAMA
The following plays are to be read in the course of the semester. Most of them will be
discussed in class--at an average rate of one play per class meeting. Students are
requested, whenever possible, to bring a copy of the work under discussion to class
and to know its contents thoroughly.
- BRAND
- PEER GYNT
- A DOLL'S HOUSE
- GHOSTS
- AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
- THE WILD DUCK
- ROSMERSHOLM
- HEDDA GABLER
- THE MASTER BUILDER
- LITTLE EYOLF
- JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
- WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN
- THE FATHER
- MISS JULIE (with preface)
- THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
- A DREAM PLAY
- THE GHOST SONATA
- IVANOV
- THE SEAGULL
- UNCLE VANYA
- THREE SISTERS
- THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Among the books that will be recommended are:
Eric Bentley: THE PLAYWRIGHT AS THINKER, Meridian Books
Francis Fergusson: THE IDEA OF THINKER, Doubleday Anchor
David Magarshak: CHEKHOV THE DRAMATIST, Dramabooks, Hill and Wang
Frederick Nietszche: THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY, Doubleday Anchor
Hermann Weigand: THE MODERN IBSEN, Dutton Everyman Paperback
Rolf Fjelde: IBSEN, 20TH CENTURY VIEWS, Spectrum
Professor Robert Brustein
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