Theatre and Contemporary Society

Cod y Modiwl: TP20820
Teitl y Modiwl: Theatre and Contemporary Society
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2027/2028
Semester: Semester 1
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl: Dr Gareth Evans
Rhestr Ddarllen: Gweld ar Aspire
Anghymharus (Unrhyw Flwyddyn Acad): TC20920
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu: Dr Lara Kipp

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad	Manylion Asesiad	Cyfran
Asesiad Semester	Project Proposal: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Semester	Essay: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Essay: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Project Proposal: 2000 Words	50%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

Demonstrate an understanding of the different ways in which theatre manifests social issues and debates.
Demonstrate an ability to summarise and synthesise multiple critical discourses and perspectives, and be able to evaluate their application to creative practices and analyses of live performance events.
Demonstrate and articulate an understanding of the political implications of specific analytical frameworks and positions in relation to performance practice.
Demonstrate an individual understanding of how society is variously manifested and of related social issues, and how one's own creative practice might be positioned within existing contemporary discourses.

Disgrifiad cryno

What is the relationship between theatre and the world in which we live? What might be the purpose of theatre and performance in an age of seemingly unending permacrisis and looming climate collapse? By considering a different thematic topic each week and through reading key critical texts and performance case studies, this module will begin to examine how theatre and performance responds to the most pressing concerns of our contemporary moment.

Over ten weeks, we will examine a breadth of different performance forms and practices, including drama, Live Art, installation, and performance art, and how these relate to wider issues and debates within contemporary society. The module invites students to examine how theatre and performance can address, illuminate, and respond to these contemporary social concerns, and to consider how their own creative practice might – in turn – reflect, respond to, and be positioned within these existing discourses.

Cynnwys

The module will be delivered by a one-hour weekly lecture and a two-hour weekly seminar over a period of ten weeks. For each seminar, students will be required to engage with two critical texts and one performance case study. Following an introductory lecture, the module is structured according to three thematic blocks looking at people, places, and things, with each block consisting of three weeks. The first block will look at people and focus on the material body. The second expands to look at places, to focus on material bodies in the material world, the relationships between bodies and the gaps between them. Lastly, the final block will focus on the less material and on more abstract 'things'.

Indicative Course Content:

Week One: Introduction: People, Places, and Things

Part One: PEOPLE
Week Two: The Amateur Body
Week Three: The Gendered Body
Week Four: The Racial Body

Part Two: PLACES
Week Five: Nation
Week Six: Borders
Week Seven: Environment and Ecology

Part Three: THINGS
Week Eight: Trauma
Week Nine: Agency
Week Ten: Hope and Utopias

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau	Manylion Sgiliau
Cyfathrebu	The ability to communicate ideas effectively in written form is directly assessed. The work done in seminars develops oral communication skills although this is not directly assessed.
Datblygu personol a chynllunio gyrfa	Transferable skills (managing personal workloads and meeting deadlines, designing and realising research project) are developed through the completion of the assessment tasks. Career's awareness does not of itself constitute an assessed element of this module, however
Datrys Problemau	Analytical problem solving, outcome recognition and the identification of appropriate strategies and procedures are encouraged and assessed
Gwaith Tim	Effective group work through negotiating ideas and opinions is addressed through the seminars. Seminar discussions demand the application of skills necessary to conduct collaborative activity.
Gwella dysgu a pherfformiad ei hun	Self-regulation, motivation and time-management skills are developed through the module and are demanded for the successful completion of its assignments. These skills are directly assessed through all assignments
Rhifedd	This element is not assessed
Sgiliau pwnc penodol	See QAA Dance, Drama and Performance Subject Benchmark Statement (Version 2007).The following subject specific skills are developed and partly assessed:1. Describing, theorising, interpreting and evaluating performance texts and performance events from a range of critical perspectives2. Developing skills of observation and visual, aural and spatial awareness3. Engaging in research, whether independent, group or performance-based4. Identifying and interpreting the cultural frameworks which surround performance events and on which these events impinge, and taking these into account in creating and/or interpreting performances.Making records of performance, using skills in notation and/or documentation.
Sgiliau ymchwil	Appropriate personal research and the development of effective personal research practices are directly assessed through both written assignments.
Technoleg Gwybodaeth	The ability to utilize information technology both in the research for and delivery of assignment is assessed directly in Assessments 1 and 2

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