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This course focuses on Samuel Beckett’s shorter texts for radio, theatre, cinema and television (1956–1987). Considering these works in the context of their respective media will allow students to explore the concepts of medium-specificity, intermediality, and adaptation. By working with a variety of supplementary materials – such as Beckett’s correspondence, manuscript drafts, production notes and audio-visual recordings – alongside the published texts, students will be able to examine the genesis of, and variation in, Beckett’s work. Attention will also be paid to more recent productions, the texts’ ‘afterlife’ and Beckett’s legacy in the 21st century. Additionally, the resources of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (http://beckettarchive.org) will be used to introduce students to the potentials and benefits of archival research. Previous familiarity with Beckett’s life and work is desirable but not essential.
Poslední úprava: Nixon Kiryushina Galina, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2019)
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BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY Ackerley, C.J. and S.E. Gontarski, eds. The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett.New York: Grove Press, 2004. Beckett, Samuel. The Complete Dramatic Works.London: Faber and Faber, 1986. ---. The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1957–1965. Eds. George Craig et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ---. The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1966–1989. Eds. George Craig et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. ---, and Alan Schneider. No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider. Ed. Maurice Harmon. Harvard: Harvard UP, 1998. Cohn, Ruby. A Beckett Canon.Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. Knowlson, James. Damned to Fame. The Life of Samuel Beckett.London: Bloomsbury, 1996. ---, and John Haynes. Images of Beckett. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. McDonald, Ronan. The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett.Cambridge UP, 2006. Pilling, John. A Samuel Beckett Chronology. Palgrave, 2006. Zilliacus, Clas. Beckett and Broadcasting: A Study of the Works of Samuel Beckett for and in Radio and Television. Abo:ABO Akademi, 1976.
RECOMMENDED SOURCES Beckett, Samuel. Works for Radio: The Original Broadcasts. London: British Library Board, 2006. ---. Beckett on Film: 19 Films X 19 Directors (DVD Video). Blue Angel Films/Tyrone, 2001. Bignell, Jonathan. Beckett on Screen: The Television Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2009. Brater, Enoch. Beyond Minimalism: Beckett’s Late Style in the Theatre. New York and Oxford: Oxford UP, 1987. Crook, Tim. Radio Drama Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, 1999. Kalb, Jonathan. Beckett in Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1989. Knowlson, James, gen. ed. The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett, Vol. 3: Krapp’s Last Tape. Ed. James Knowlson. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. ---. The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett, Vol. 4: The Shorter Plays. Ed. S.E. Gontarski. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. McWhinnie, Donald. The Art of Radio. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. Van Hulle, Dirk, and Mark Nixon. Samuel Beckett’s Library. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2013. Poslední úprava: Nixon Kiryushina Galina, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2019)
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Credit requirements include regular attendance, active in-class participation, a short in-class presentation, and a final essay. Students will be asked to submit a proposal of 200 words outlining their essay topics in advance.
Poslední úprava: Nixon Kiryushina Galina, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2019)
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7.10. Introduction ‘quaquaquaqua’ 14.10. The Blind Medium and All That Fall 21.10. Sound and Vision: Krapp’s Last Tape 28.10. No Class 4.11. Krapp, Beckett, and the Archive – Dr Mark Nixon (University of Reading) 11.11. Just (a) Play?: Play 18.11. I vs. ‘The Eye’: Film 25.11. Technological Torturers in Eh Joe 2.12. ‘whole body like gone’: Not I 9.12. Quad, a ‘Ballet Mécanique’ 16.12. What is What Where and Where Does It Belong?
Poslední úprava: Nixon Kiryushina Galina, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2019)
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