DR30130 - THEATRE AND GENDER

Module Identifier

DR30130

Module Title

THEATRE AND GENDER

Academic Year

2004/2005

Co-ordinator

Professor David I Rabey

Semester

Semester 2

Other staff

Ms Jill Greenhalgh, , Ms Patricia A Rhodes

Pre-Requisite

DR10120 , DR10220

Course delivery

Lecture

One 2 hour staff-led session per week (various formats: e.g. lecture/seminar, practical workshop, textual exploration)

Seminars / Tutorials

1 hour student-led session (practical workshop or seminar group presentation, followed by discussion) per week

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2- hour examination	30%
Semester Assessment	Essay 2 x 2,500 words (25% each)	50%
Semester Assessment	Seminar group presentations, in which students present the findings of their research into a specific gender relaetd issue; and class contribution	20%
Supplementary Exam	2 Hours Resit of the exam to a new paper	30%
Supplementary Assessment	Resubmission of the essays to a fresh title PLUS Substituting for the group presentation assessment, an individual presentation to the specifications of the module co-ordinator	70%

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

demonstrate a clear understanding of the social, cultural and aesthetic perspectives on gender representations in theatrical texts and performance.
evaluate and respond to a range of gender discourses in theatre and theory, using a critical and analytical vocabulary.
co-operate as part of a group in presenting an argument drawing on the analysis of course material.

Brief description

This module will develop students' critical appreciation of gender representations in theatre and introduce them to key issues of gender theory through a detailed study of a number of dramatic and performance texts from Shakespeare to the 21st century.

Content

1. Gender in performance: gender theories and theatre
2. Images of Women in Theatre/History
3. Fin de siecle:
4. Staging Feminism(s)
5. Staging Masculinities
6. Gay Plays
7. Lesbian Theatre
8. Theatre, Eroticism, Sexuality
9. Explicit bodies in performance
10. Gender Trouble? Gender as performance

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Case, Sue-Ellen (1990) Performing Feminisms: Feminist Critical Theory and Theatre John Hopkins UP
Diamond, Elin (1997) Unmaking Mimesis:Essays on Feminism ans Theatre Routledge
Gillgan, Carol (1982/1993) In a Different Voice Harvard University Press
Keyssar, Helene (ed.) (1996) Feminist Theory St Martin's Press
Shakespeare, William Hamlet Arden edition
Churchill, Caryl (1985) Vinegar Tom Methuen Drama
Strindberg, August (1964 (2000)) The Father (in Plays: One) Methuen
Daniels, Sarah (1991) Masterpieces Methuen Plays
Nielson, Anthony (1998) The Censor (in Plays: Normal, Penetrator) Methuen
Bentley, Eric Round 2
Barker, Howard (2002) Gertrurde (the cry)/ Knowledge of a Girl Calder
Moch, Cheryl Cinderella: the Real True Story
Aston, Elaine (1995) An Introduction to Feminism and Theatre London: Routledge
Butler, Judith (1999) Gender Trouble London: Routledge
Goodman, Lizbeth (1993) Contemporary Feminist Theatres London: Routledge
Lukas, Ian (1994) Impertinent Decorum London: Cassell
Mangan, Michael (2002) Staging Masculinities New York: Palgrave
Schneider, Rebecca (1997) The Explicit Body in Performance London: Routledge
Burke, Phyllis (1996) Gender Shock: Exploding the Myths of Male and Female Anchor

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6