Unit 1:
General Topic: Rejection of Realism in Drama
Text: Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921)
Unit 2:
General Topic: The Epic Theatre
Text: Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948)
Unit 3:
General Topic: The Theatre of the Absurd
Text: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1961-2)
Unit 4:
General Topic: Modern Indian Drama
Text: Manjula Padmanabhan’s Lights Out (1986)
Reference Books:
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- Teacher: Tripti Karekatti