Learning outcomes

to apply critically various strategies of performance writing in their own creative work
to demonstrate an intelligent awareness of compositional procedures involved in writing for modes of performance other than those of dramatic dialogue
to conduct independent research in the creative generation of text suitable for written or oral exposition
to organize and present text effectively in relation to its specific context of exposition

Aims

to introduce approaches and strategies of writing for, about, and as performance which provide alternatives to the conventions of dramatic dialogue and which challenge the formal divisions of theory and practice implicit in studies of theatre
to encourage the integration of theoretical and creative modes of written and oral exposition
to introduce writing strategies that enable students to place themselves at the centre of their writing

Content

Lecture content::

'What is Performance Writing' - Introduction
`Writing the self? - Memory and Anecdote, Biography and Monologue
`Ways of telling? - Narrative and Storytelling
`Telling as metaphor? - Working with found text
`Telling as juxtaposition? - Montage
`Assembly as telling? - Collage
`Technology as telling? - Website
`Reflexive telling? - Creative Writing in Theory
`Telling data? - Creative Writing in Science
'Blurred genres' - telling across disciplinary boundaries

Criteria for assessment :

i] Performance Writing Pieces 1 + 2 : in assessing the pieces of performance writing, the examiners will expect:
- creation of forms of writing appropriate to the site of exposition (25% of overall piece mark)
- successful identification of, and engagement with, site of exposition (25%)
- innovative techniques of writing within an academic context (25%)
- effective practical realisation of conceptual notions (25%)

Transferable skills

Reading Lists

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6