| Module Identifier |
TF30620 |
| Module Title |
TELEVISION DRAMA |
| Academic Year |
2003/2004 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Glen Creeber |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Pre-Requisite |
TF10420 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 10 Hours |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours Seminar |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay: 2,500 word essay For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer
to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml
| 40% |
|
Learning outcomes
Typically, upon completion of this module a student will be able:
- To demonstrate an awareness of the range of dramatic formats on television
- To show an analytical understanding of a range of televisual dramatic texts
- To critically evaluate discourses relating to the academic study of television drama
- To critically apply theoretical models of television theory to the television dramas studied.
Content
The lectures, seminars and screening will study the history and development of British television drama. Questions such as authorship, notions of quality and the difference between naturalism and non-naturalism will be addressed.
Aims
This module builds upon the method used in the Part I television module and analyses the non-verbal structure of television writing. The main development of the module when compared with Part I lies not only in the quality of analysis required but more importantly, in the more comprehensive focus on individual 'authors' such as Potter and Bleasdale.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
Brandt, George (ed.) (1981) British Television Drama
CUP
Brandt, George (ed.) (1993) British Television Drama in the 1980's
CUP
Brunsdon, Charlotte (1997) Screen Tastes: soap operas to satellite dishes
Routledge
Corner, John (ed.) (1991) Popular Television in Britain: studies in cultural history
BFI
Dyer, Richard et al, (1981) Coronation Street
BFI
Gilbert, W. Stephen (1998) Fight and, Kick and Bite: the life and work of Denis Potter
Hodder and Stoughton
Hill, John & McLoone, Martin (eds.) (1997) Big Picture, Small Screen: the relations between film and television
Luton Press
McKnight, George (1997) Agent of Challenge and Defiance: the films of Ken Loach
Flicks Books
Millington, Bob & Nelson, Robin (1986) Boys from the Blackstuff: the making of a television drama
Comedia
Tulloch, John (1990) Television Drama, agency, audience and myth
Routledge
Taylor, Don (1990) Days of Vision: working with David Mercer, Television Drama then and now
Methuen
Stead, Peter (1993) Dennis Potter
Seren Books
Shubik, Irene (1981) Play for Today: the evolution of television drama
Davis-Poynter
Self, David (1984) Television Drama: an introduction
Macmillan
Ridgman, Jeremy (ed.) (1998) Boxed Sets: television representations of theatre
University of Luton Press
Potter, Denis (1986) The Singing Detective
Faber
Paget, Derek (1990) True Stories? Documentary Drama on radio, screen, and stage
MUP
Nelson, Robin (1997) Television Drama in Transition: forms, values and cultural change
Macmillan
Wayne, Mike (ed.) (1998) Dissident Voices: the politics of television and cultural change
Pluto
McQueen, David (1998) Television: a media student's guide
Arnold
Goodwin, A. et al (1990) Drama-Documentary
BFI
Fiske, John (1987) Television Culture
Routledge
Creeber, Glen (1998) Dennis Potter: between two worlds. A critical reassessment.
Macmillan
Cook, John (1998) Dennis Potter: a life on screen
MUP
** Recommended Background
Williams, Raymond (1990) Television: technology and cultural form
Routledge
MacCabe, Colin (1986) High Theory, Low Culture: analysing popular television and film
St Martin's Press
Selby, Keith and Cowdery, Ron (1995) How to Study Television
Macmillan
Hartley, John (1992) Tele-ology
Routledge
Crisell, Andrew (1997) An Introduction History of British Broadcasting
Routledge
Ellis, John (1982) Visible Fictions
Routledge
Feuer, Jane (1995) Seeing Through the Eighties: television and Reaganism
BFI
Lena O, My Lena (Alun Owen); Up the Junction (Nell Dunn/Ken Loach); Boys from the Blackstuff (Alan Bleasdale); Cathy Come Home (Jeremy Sandford/Ken Loach); The Singing Detective (Dennis Potter); Prime Suspect (Lynda LaPlante); The Kingdom (Lars Von Trier)
Viewing:
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6