從產業革命到二戰結束的短短60年間，世界迭經鉅變。產業革命固然改善了人們的日常生活，卻也同時造成了諸多的社會問題。而兩次世界大戰更給人類帶來了空前的衝擊，其影響至深且遠。面對世局的鉅變，劇院也引發了不少改革的呼聲。從寫實主義起，像自然主義、表達主義、象徵主義、超寫實主義、存在主義、荒謬劇場、殘酷劇場以及敘述劇場等劇場運動紛紛出籠，蔚為西洋戲劇史上的大觀。本課程擬就現代戲劇述其時代背景，論其劇場流派，然後擇取具有代表性的作品，逐一閱讀與討論，使學生在瞭解現代戲劇的背景與流派之餘，更能深入欣賞個別劇作。

※Grading：
1. Homework and class performances: 15%
2. Mid-term exam: 35%
3. Final exam: 50%

Course Schedule

February-June, 2014
Teacher: Professor Ching-erh Chang張靜二教授
Telephone No.: (02)23639273
E-mail: chingerh@ntu.edu.tw
Time: Thursday, 10:20-12:10

2014
February 20 Introduction to Modern Drama (I): Realism, Naturalism,
Aestheticism, Expressionism, Symbolism
Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan (video)
27 Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)
March 6 Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan
13 Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan
Anton Chekov: Three Sisters (video)
20 Anton Chekov: Three Sisters (1901)
27 Anton Chekov: Three Sisters
April 3 Study Day
10 Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion (video)
17 Mid-term Exam
24 Introduction to Modern Drama (II): Surrealism, Existentialism,
Theatre of the Absurd, Theatre of Cruelty, Epic Theatre
Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion (1913)
May 1 Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion
8 Ａrthur Miller: Death of a Salesman(video)
15 Ａrthur Miller: Death of a Salesman (1949)
22 Ａrthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
29 Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (video)
June 5 Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1953)
12 Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
Recapitulation
19 Final Exam