Unit name | Revolution, Theatre, and the Public Sphere, 1789-1799 |
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Unit code | FREN30110 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Marianne Ailes |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of French |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will be taught by Dr Clare Siviter
'Revolution, Theatre, and the Public Sphere, 1789-1799' traces how the French who experienced the Revolution engaged with political debates through the largest entertainment forum of the period: theatre. In addition, this unit considers how Revolutionary playwrights broke their inherited dramatic moulds and wrote for the newly liberated people whilst also investigating how pre-existing plays were adapted for new political causes.
Aims:
By the end of this unit the student will be able to:
1 x weekly lecture
1 x weekly seminar
Students will also make use of digital humanities databases (notably cfregisters.com) and online libraries (especially Gallica).
1 x 3,000 word essay assessing ILOs 1-4 (75%)
1 x 15-minute oral presentation assessing ILOs 1-5 (25%)
Marié-Joseph Chénier, Théâtre, ed. by Gauthier Ambrus and François Jacob (Paris: Flammarion, 2002)
Laya, L'Ami des lois, ed. by Mark Darlow and Yann Robert (London: MHRA, 2011)
Sylvain Maréchal, Le Jugement dernier des rois (Paris: Patris, 1793) Gallica:http://gallica.bnf.fr/m/ark:/12148/bpt6k57455781/f2.image
Charles Collé, La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV (Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1766) Gallica:http://gallica.bnf.fr/m/ark:/12148/bpt6k5789007k/f2.image
Michel-Jean Sedaine and André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Richard Cœur de Lion (Paris: Didot, 1786) Gallica:http://gallica.bnf.fr/m/ark:/12148/bpt6k1172803z/f9.image
Jean Racine, Athalie, ed. by George's Forestier (Paris: Folio, 2001)
Theory:
Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, trans. by Thomas Burger (Cambridge: Polity, 1989)
Christopher Balme, The Theatrical Public Sphere (Cambridge: CUP, 2014)
André Lefevere, Translation, Rewriting and thé Manipulation of the Literary Frame (London: Routledge, 1992)
Jacky Bratton, New Readings in Theatre History (Cambridge: CUP, 2003)