Module Identifier | DR33120 | ||
Module Title | CREATIVE WRITING | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Michael D W Mangan | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Pre-Requisite | Successful completion of Part 1 Drama | ||
Course delivery | Other | 20 Hours Workshops | |
Assessment | Semester Assessment | Script / Tape: Submission of scripted work (total approx 90 minutes performance time) | 90% |
Semester Assessment | Class contribution | 10% |
Typically, upon completion of this module a student should be able:
- To write a short, well-structured piece of drama.
- To understand, use and work in terms of appropriate dramatic and theatrical conventions.
A series of workshops, which will include seminars on dramatic technique and the craft of playwriting, as well as playwriting exercises and writing assignments. The focus of the module will be the development of technique. Topics covered in early seminars will include structure, dialogue, characterization, rhythm, tone.
to introduce some of the basic elements of playwriting
to provide a forum in which playwriting skills might be practised
to develop an understanding of the nature of specifically theatrical writing