| Module Identifier |
DR10220 |
| Module Title |
CONTEMPORARY THEATRE, PERFORMANCE AND SCENOGRAPHIC STUDIES |
| Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Co-Requisite |
DR10120 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours
| 40% |
| Semester Assessment | 2 x 2000-word essays: 50%, attendance and contribution to class discussion: 10% | 60% |
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
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Identify different recent stylistic and political objectives in theatre writing, design, presentation and performance;
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Locate these in historical, social, intellectual and theatrical contexts;
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Locate these in global contexts through comparison with non-Western theatre.
Brief description
Texts and examples of theatrical and performance practices from the Western and Eastern theatrical traditions, with particular attention on the following aspects and concepts: style, recent historical developments of realism, naturalism, absurdism, political expressionism, aspects of design and scenography, theatre in society, and non-Western theatre.
A list of recommended reading is provided. Selected texts and performances will be announced later.
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
Aims
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To examine some further methods and problems of studying Western and non-Western theatre and performance, with special emphasis of more recent developments
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To examine the key concept of style with regard to both recent Western approaches to acting, modes of dramatic writing, design, performance, and traditional Eastern approaches
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To apply these findings to a series of exemplary play texts
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Schencher, Richard (2002) Performance Studies
London: Routledge
Sierz, Aleks (2001) In-Yer-Face Tehatre: British Drama Today
London: Faber
Brandon, James R. (1997) The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre
Cambridge: CUP
Mangan, Michael (1998) Bond, Edward
Plymouth: Northcote House
Saunders, Graham (2002) Love Me or Kill Me: Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes
Manchester: Manchester University Press
Rabey, David Ian (2003) English Drama Since 1940
London: Longman
Huxley, Michael & Witts, Noel (eds.) (1996) The Twentieth Century Performance Reader
London: Routledge
** Essential Reading
Barnes, Peter (1999) Dreaming
London: Faber
Beckett, Samuel Endgame
London: Faber
Bond, Edward Saved
London: Methuen
Kane, Sarah Blasted
London: Methuen
Pinter, Harold Mountain Language
London: Faber
Ravenhill, Mark (1996) Shopping and Fucking
London: Methuen
Churchill, Caryl (2000) Far Away
London: NHB
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4