Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | Lecture/Seminars 10 x 3 hours. 30 contact hours. |
Seminars / Tutorials | Research Seminars 5 x 1 hours. 5 contact hours. |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Written Essay (3,500 words) | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Performed Essay (20 minutes) | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit as written essay with alternative title | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit as performed essay with alternative title | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
To demonstrate an advanced critical awareness of the nature of theatre and performance as aesthetic and critical practices; to evaluate complex conceptual differences between different modes and genres of performance
To articulate mastery of a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of theatre and performance; to demonstrate a critical understanding of the potential of performative presentation in an academic context
To demonstrate a high level of understanding and achievement in the employment of performative means in the live exposition of intellectual material
Brief description
This module introduces a range of contemporary theatre and performance theories and explores interdisciplinary approaches to their critical analysis. Students examine forms of contemporary theatre and performance practice, their conceptual and methodological principles, alongside theoretical and analytical approaches to documenting and evaluating live performances. Particular critical attention is paid to the theoretical practices operated with the department, in relation to current thearetical and performance practices in Wales, the UK, and Europe
Content
Lecture/Seminar Content:
1. Theoretical practices: Introduction to theatre and performance theory
2. Origins: Play, ritual and proto-theatre [anthropological practices]
3. Space: site, place, location, architecture [archeological practices]
4. Time: Structure, rhythm, historicity [historiographical practices]
5. Mimesis: aesthetics, presentation/representation, event [philosophical practices]
6. Ethics: participation, engagement, agency [ethical practices]
7. Action: dramaturgy, figure, act [dramaturgical practices]
8. Body: choreography, presence, embodiment [ontological practices]
9. Object: materiality, animation, apparatus [materialist practices]
10. Image: relationality, spectatorship, affect [phenomenological practices]
Research Seminar Content:
1. Critical Reading Practices
2. Libraries and Archives
3. Academic Writing
4. The Performance of Knowledge
5. Preparing Assessments
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | This element is not assessed. |
Communication | The ability to communicate ideas effectively is developed and assessed. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Self-regulation, motivation and time-management skills are developed through the module and are demanded for the successful completion of its assignments |
Information Technology | The ability to utilize information technology both in the research for and delivery of assignments is assessed directly. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Transferable skills (managing personal workloads and meeting deadlines, designing and realizing assessment projects) are developed and assessed directly. |
Problem solving | Analytical problem solving, outcome recognition and the identification of appropriate strategies and procedures are encouraged and assessed. |
Research skills | Independent research and the development of effective personal research practices are encouraged and assessed. |
Subject Specific Skills | |
Team work | Seminar discussions demand the application of skills necessary to conduct collaborative activity, such as negotiating ideas and opinions. Students work in collaboration with others on the formulation and implementation of practical research. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7