ENGL 184G - Issues: Contemporary British Theater–London

Semester Hours: 3

Students in this course read, study, discuss and write about contemporary British theater—that is British drama since World War II. Among the playwrights to be studied are Samuel Beckett, John Osborne, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Alan Ayckbourn, Peter Shaffer, Michael Frayn and Christopher Hampton. Since the course will be taught in London, classwork will be supplemented with performances of contemporary plays, along with the classics of world theater (depending on what is being staged in London at the time). Classwork will be augmented with performances at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the West End and/or fringe performances and a backstage tour of the Royal National Theatre. The course will include four theater performances. Optional theater performances are available as well. The course will introduce students to the city of London as the literary and dramatic capital of the English speaking world. The British Library will be used as a major resource for literary research.

Hofstra in London
January 3-24

The Hofstra in London 2008 Program offers courses on theater and on literary London during the January term. Class sessions are held in the mornings, Monday through Friday. Weekends are free to enjoy optional travel to other parts of England or other European capitals, such as Paris, Dublin or Amsterdam.

Optional excursions are available to the British Museum, the National Gallery, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the Museum of the City of London, Shakespeare’s Globe and the London Theatre Museum.

The program fee is $3,000 for those enrolling in either undergraduate or graduate courses. Students must also pay for three (3) undergraduate or graduate credits as well as University fees. The program fee includes round-trip airfare on a regularly-scheduled flight, transfers to and from the airport in London, hotel accommodations (double occupancy), buffet breakfast and a British tea at the conclusion of the program. Single hotel rooms are available for an additional charge of $600. The program fee does not include lunch and dinner or other travel expenses into or out of London. A $200 nonrefundable deposit is required with the application in order to retain a place in the program. There will be no refunds after December 3, 2007.

For more information or an application form contact: Dr. John DiGaetani, Co-Director, Hofstra in London Program, Department of English and Freshman Composition, 115 Mason Hall, 124 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549; Phone: (516) 463-5466, e-mail: engjld@hofstra.edu or Dr. Robert Sulcer, Co-Director, Hofstra in London Program, Department of English and Freshman Composition, 310 Mason Hall, 124 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549; Phone: (516) 463-5472, e-mail: engrps@hofstra.edu.

January 2008 Offering:
10037: TBA; Digaetani/Fixell; Hofstra in London

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