2025 Modern Drama        9-12 Tue.

1 2.18      Introduction （課程介紹）

2 2.25      1. Ibsen, A Doll’s House (1879)（易卜生《玩偶之家》）

3 3.4        1. Ibsen, A Doll’s House (1879)（易卜生《玩偶之家》）

43.11       2. Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (1904)（契訶夫《櫻桃園》）

5 3.18      2. Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (1904)（契訶夫《櫻桃園》）

6 3.26      3. Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children (1941)（布雷希特《勇氣媽

                  媽》）

7 4.1        3. Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children (1941)（布雷希特《勇氣媽

                  媽》）

8 4.8        Mid-term exam

9 4.15      4. Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949)（米勒《推銷員之死》）

10 4.22    4. Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949)（米勒《推銷員之死》）

11 4.29    5. Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953)（貝克特《等待果陀》）

12 5.6      5. Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953)（貝克特《等待果陀》）

135.13     6. Fo, We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! (1974)（弗《絕不付帳》）

14 5.20    Holiday

15 5.27    6. Fo, We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! (1974)（弗《絕不付帳》）

16 6.3      Final exam（期末考）

176.10     Flexible Week 1: Viewing a play performance video and Journal

18 6.17    Flexible Week 2: Viewing a life performance and Journal

1. 每上一齣新戲前有小考。

2. 學生將分組作戲劇文本的口頭報告。口頭報告以講義形式列印給教師評分。講義上應

  清楚標明報告大綱、課文引言、討論問題及參考書目出處。口頭報告時間為15分鐘，

  逾時扣分。

3. 期中考、期末卡包括選擇題、ID題、問答題。

4. 學生應閱讀戲劇文本並寫讀後心得一至二段。格式參照MLA寫作方式。

5. 學期末時學生將分組演齣戲劇五分鐘。內容來自本學期所授劇本，以確保學生清楚了

  解劇場表演藝術。

6. 學生要在學期內欣賞一齣現場表演並寫下觀劇心得。

1. A quiz of two simple questions will be given to students every time before a new play is

  taught.

2. Students will be divided into groups to do oral presentations on plays covered in class.

  A copy of handouts including presentation outlines (playwright introduction, plot, character,

  theme, symbol, style), quotes, questions, and references should be prepared for the instructor.

  The report should be 15 minutes long. Strict control of time should be observed.

3. Mid-term and final exams include choice questions, identification, and questions and

  answers.

4. Students should preview each new play and write a journal on it.

5. At the end of the semester, students will perform in class parts of the plays for 5 minutes long

  to familiarize themselves with theatre performance.

6. Students are expected to go to a live stage performance so as to write a play critique on the

  strengths and shortcomings of the play.

評分標準Grade percentages

小考                                              10%

每二週作業                                    10%

口頭報告和表演                            20%

期中考                                            30%

期末考                                            30%

6 Quizzes                                       10%

Bi-Weekly Journals + Critique        10%

Oral Presentation + Performance    20%

Mid-term Exam                               30%

Final Exam                                      30%

Textbooks

Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. 1954. Rpd. Taipei: Bookman, 1997.

Brecht, Bertolt. Mother Courage and Her Children. 《勇氣媽媽》. translated by 劉

森堯. Taipei: Bookman, 2006.

Miller, Jordan Y. The Heath Introduction of Drama. Fifth Edition. Lexington,

Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1996.

Xeroxed materials.

References

Barnet, Sylvan et al. Types of Drama: Plays and Contexts. New York: 2001.

Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot.《等待果陀》. translated by 廖玉如. Taipei:

Linkingbooks, 2008

Bigsby, C. W. E. Modern American Drama, 1945-1990. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1992.

Brockett, Oscar G. The Theatre. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.

Brockett, Oscar G. & Robert Findlay. Century of Innovation. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1991.

Chekhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. 《櫻桃園》translated by 劉森堯. Taipei: Laureate, 2000.

Fo, Dario. We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! 《絕不付帳》 translated by 丁乃箏. Taipei: Tangshan, 2001.

Grene, Nicholas. Home on the Stage: Domestic Spaces in Modern Drama. Cambridge U P, 2014. NCCU Library, online.

Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll’s House.《玩偶之家》. translated by 劉森堯. Taipei: Bookman, 2006.

Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. 《推銷員之死》translated by 英若誠. Taipei: Bookman, 2006.

Pickering, Kenneth. Studying Modern Drama. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 792.071 P595

Styan, J. L. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge U P, 1981.

          Drama for Students online.