After successfully completed a semester stint of EDU 3214, Teaching the Language of Short Stories, once again Dr.Edwin will walk-in this semester for a new subject which is EDU 3217, Teaching the Language of Drama. My colleagues and I were really grateful to Dr.Edwin last semester for making us comprehend on how to examine the language of short stories subtly. In short, as I had mentioned earlier in my previous blog, he resembles how a English Literature teacher should conduct the teaching and the learning process in the ESL classrooms.
As the new term begins, we eagerly anticipated for his lesson lesson. His classes fall on every Wednesday from 12 pm-2 pm. We knew that this subject is going to be presented completely to us in a different outlook. Of course, everyone might be wondering why I am calling this as a new outlook. This is because, when he taught us last semester, he directly started his first lesson by teaching various kind of short stories that was prescribed for us in EDU 3214. As for this subject, his approach was merely different because for the first three lessons, he discussed the overview of the history of theatre. By doing so, it gives us a mental picture what is the world of drama is all about. Moreover, he also discussed about the evolution of the drama that occurred since 384 B.C until today where it is integrated as part of the mankind’s life.
I was quite mesmerized with the achievements of the great poets and play writers on those days with their wonderful piece of works which causes great influences among readers. Initially, poets have defined that literature evolves from the world of theatre where it’s viewed as a part of human’s cultural life. It has never barred any society in terms of their status quo in viewing this theatre. The born of famous Greek philosophers cum writers such as Aristotle, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euridipes and Aristophanes makes the Greek theatre evolves rapidly. It embarks a new chapter in the history of theatre by becoming the first theatre in the world. This is followed by the Roman theatre and the Medieval theatre
During 18th and 19th century (Victorian Period), there was a paradigm shift where the credibility of drama was declining due to the industrial revolutions. The entire focus was moved from the theatre to poetry with the emergence of the first novel in the world, Robinson Crusoe. Slowly it started to evolved back during the 20th century where the writers or authors classified them as a modern or a contemporary drama. It touches upon several elements of drama which are tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and farce. Besides that, Dr. Edwin also explained to us the differences between tragedy and comedy drama.
During the 20th century, there are two different kinds of play, which are the Aristotelian play and the Brecthtian play. Aristotelian play is a traditional play and it’s too dramatic compared to the Brechtian play which focuses on modern epics that embarks the thinking skills among the audiences. Moreover, Dr.Edwin also taught us about the conventions of theatres, stage characters and the criteria’s of a good play.
Basically, this is the introduction part for the course EDU 3217, Teaching the Language of Drama. As I had mentioned earlier, this course will be taught in a different outlook. I really do hope that I will be able to comprehend this course effectively before I move myself further in studying different aspects of literature in English.
As the new term begins, we eagerly anticipated for his lesson lesson. His classes fall on every Wednesday from 12 pm-2 pm. We knew that this subject is going to be presented completely to us in a different outlook. Of course, everyone might be wondering why I am calling this as a new outlook. This is because, when he taught us last semester, he directly started his first lesson by teaching various kind of short stories that was prescribed for us in EDU 3214. As for this subject, his approach was merely different because for the first three lessons, he discussed the overview of the history of theatre. By doing so, it gives us a mental picture what is the world of drama is all about. Moreover, he also discussed about the evolution of the drama that occurred since 384 B.C until today where it is integrated as part of the mankind’s life.
I was quite mesmerized with the achievements of the great poets and play writers on those days with their wonderful piece of works which causes great influences among readers. Initially, poets have defined that literature evolves from the world of theatre where it’s viewed as a part of human’s cultural life. It has never barred any society in terms of their status quo in viewing this theatre. The born of famous Greek philosophers cum writers such as Aristotle, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euridipes and Aristophanes makes the Greek theatre evolves rapidly. It embarks a new chapter in the history of theatre by becoming the first theatre in the world. This is followed by the Roman theatre and the Medieval theatre
During 18th and 19th century (Victorian Period), there was a paradigm shift where the credibility of drama was declining due to the industrial revolutions. The entire focus was moved from the theatre to poetry with the emergence of the first novel in the world, Robinson Crusoe. Slowly it started to evolved back during the 20th century where the writers or authors classified them as a modern or a contemporary drama. It touches upon several elements of drama which are tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and farce. Besides that, Dr. Edwin also explained to us the differences between tragedy and comedy drama.
During the 20th century, there are two different kinds of play, which are the Aristotelian play and the Brecthtian play. Aristotelian play is a traditional play and it’s too dramatic compared to the Brechtian play which focuses on modern epics that embarks the thinking skills among the audiences. Moreover, Dr.Edwin also taught us about the conventions of theatres, stage characters and the criteria’s of a good play.
Basically, this is the introduction part for the course EDU 3217, Teaching the Language of Drama. As I had mentioned earlier, this course will be taught in a different outlook. I really do hope that I will be able to comprehend this course effectively before I move myself further in studying different aspects of literature in English.
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