COD 2023 - D811
Webinar - Reading Classics: Where is Desire? Approaching Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire from a Contemporary Perspective
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Tennessee Williams's death; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in A Streetcar Named Desire, in particular
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sessions, start: 22-Feb
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2023
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa MA
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Non affiliate
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Sessions
Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
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1 | 22 February 2023 | 05:30 pm | 07:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Tennessee Williams's death; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in A Streetcar Named Desire, in particular
- To describe the social, economic and political concerns of post-war USA.
- To identify dramatic innovations in Tennessee Williams's theatre.
- To characterise the construction of the setting.
- To analyse the different relationships between the characters in terms of their gender as well as social and economic backgrounds.
- To discuss the tragic dimension of the play.
- To identify dramatic innovations in Tennessee Williams's theatre.
- To characterise the construction of the setting.
- To analyse the different relationships between the characters in terms of their gender as well as social and economic backgrounds.
- To discuss the tragic dimension of the play.
- Contextual aspects: society, politics and economy in post-war USA.
- Staging the past and inner subjectivities. Dramatic innovations in the use of light and shadows, sounds and stage directions.
- The importance of the setting.
- The constructions of characters and their relationships in terms of class and gender. Metaliterary aspects: Blanche as an actress.
- The tragic dimension of the play.
- Staging the past and inner subjectivities. Dramatic innovations in the use of light and shadows, sounds and stage directions.
- The importance of the setting.
- The constructions of characters and their relationships in terms of class and gender. Metaliterary aspects: Blanche as an actress.
- The tragic dimension of the play.
1) Recovery of attendees' previous knowledge about the text and its author
2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
3) Introduction to Tennessee Williams’s dramatic world and the importance of this play
4) Exploration of specific features of the play –stage directions, characters, setting, conflict, etc.
5) Guided group analysis of the play.
This webinar is part of the series "Rereading Classics", which tackles prose, drama and poetry. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- Who Prefers not to? A Critical Approach to Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
- Who is Afraid of Sylvia Plath? A Look at the Construction of the Woman Writer in her Poetry
2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
3) Introduction to Tennessee Williams’s dramatic world and the importance of this play
4) Exploration of specific features of the play –stage directions, characters, setting, conflict, etc.
5) Guided group analysis of the play.
This webinar is part of the series "Rereading Classics", which tackles prose, drama and poetry. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- Who Prefers not to? A Critical Approach to Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
- Who is Afraid of Sylvia Plath? A Look at the Construction of the Woman Writer in her Poetry
Source texts
Williams, T. (1947). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions.
Critical and theoretical material
Bloom, H. (ed.) (2005). Bloom’s Guides to Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.
- (2009). Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations. Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: Infobase Publishing.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Williams, T. (1947). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions.
Critical and theoretical material
Bloom, H. (ed.) (2005). Bloom’s Guides to Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.
- (2009). Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations. Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: Infobase Publishing.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.