Module Identifier | DR37120 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Module Title | MAKING THEATRE, MAKING HISTORY | ||||||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Mary F Brewer | ||||||||||||||||||||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||||||||||||||||||||
Next year offered | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 x 1 hour Lectures | |||||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hour seminars/workshops | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Assessment |
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The second half of the module concentrates on independent research in theatre history. It focuses on a range of resources used by theatre historians and their uses.
6: Archival Research: Introduction - Visit to National Library
7: Theatre historiography
a) types of evidence and their uses: e.g. primary/secondary sources; contemporary/subsequent commentaries
b) resources: play texts, handwritten documents, programs, reviews, performance, video, biographies, costume, posters
c) Interpretive frameworks: source-led and problem-led
8: Case Study: Uncle Tom's Cabin - Part 1
9: Uncle Tom's Cabin - Part 2
10: Conclusion: Approaches and considerations for the future
Problem solving | Through lectures, students presentations and assessments | ||
Research skills | Through visits to record libraries, through using the library to retrieve information and assemble primary and critical materials | ||
Communication | By seminar presentation and discussion, written skills will be developed through the case study and theatre history project | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Via feedback on formative assessments | ||
Team work | Via first formative presentation | ||
Information Technology | Use of library catalogs and databases, web-based research | ||
Application of Number | N/A | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | Through reflective practice via formative and summative assessments | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Students will gain practical inter-disciplinary research skills in theatre history and knowledge of research methodology in theatre history. They will improve their ability to situate dramatic texts in a cultural and historical framework. |
This module is at CQFW Level 6