ENGL 250H - Readings in English: Contemporary British TheaterSemester Hours: 3
Students in this course read, study, discuss, and write about contemporary British theater – that is British drama since World War ll. Among the playwrights to be studied are Samuel Beckett, John Osbourne, 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.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Hofstra in London
January 3-24, 2011
The Hofstra in London 2011 Program offers courses in contemporary British theater and literary London during the January term. Class sessions are held Monday through Thursday, in the morning. Weekends are free for students 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, and Shakespeare’s Globe.
The program fee is $3,400 and 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. The registration fee of $2,880 covers undergraduate tuition and fees for one three-credit course. A $400 nonrefundable deposit is required with the application in order to retain a place in the program. There will be no refunds after December 3, 2010.
Course Offerings (See course listings for additional information.):
ENGL 184G (undergraduate); ENGL 250H (graduate), Contemporary British Theater
ENGL 196W (undergraduate); ENGL 250I (graduate), Literary London
Students are requested to bring the completed application packet and $400 nonrefundable deposit receipt to the Office of Study Abroad Programs, 107 Roosevelt Hall, by October 8, 2010.
For information or an application, contact:
Dr. John DiGaetani
Co-Director, Hofstra in London Program
115 Mason Hall
124 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1240
Telephone: (516) 463-5466
E-mail: John.L.DiGaetani@hofstra.edu
Dr. Robert Sulcer
Co-Director, Hofstra in London Program
310 Mason Hall
124 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1240
Telephone: (516) 463-5472
E-mail: Robert.P.Sulcer@hofstra.edu
January 2011 Offering:
10063: Study Abroad; January 3-24; Hofstra in London; Digaetani/Fixell
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