Week 13: Harold Pinter and Comedy of menace: General Discussion
Course Material
- Week 1- Orientation, Introduction to Modern literature and Existentialism
- Week 2- Theater of Absurd and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
- Week 3: Samuel Beckett visting the BBC in 1977, & Why should you read "Waiting For Godot"? - Iseult Gillespie
- Week 4- Reading and Analysis of the text (Act 1)
- Week 5- Waiting for Godot Act 2, Discussion, Themes, Symbolism
- Week 6: GB Shaw :Introduction, Major aspects as a dramatist, Overview of major works and important themes
- Week 7: The Devil's Disciple- Reading and Discussion
- Week 8: Devil's disciple as Melodrama Act I & II
- Week 9: Act III Reading and discussion
- Week 10: Concluding Lecture, Discussion on important lines from the play in the light of dominant themes.
- Week 11: Introduction Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey
- Week 12: General Discussion, Plot Overview, Major Characters/Symbols
- Week 13: Harold Pinter and Comedy of menace: General Discussion
- Week 14: The Caretaker by Harold Pinter Act 1, Reading and Discussion - Overview of major themes
- Week 15: Theme of Isolation, Breakdown of communication
- Week 16: Discussion of Act 2 & 3, Concluding Lecture followed by a quiz.
- Books
- Chapters 17
- Department English
- Teacher
Mr. Abdur Rehman Tariq
