ENGL06011 2022 Drama 2 Through the Looking Glass: Representation and Performance

General Details

Full Title
Drama 2 Through the Looking Glass: Representation and Performance
Transcript Title
Through the Looking Glass
Code
ENGL06011
Attendance
N/A %
Subject Area
ENGL - 0231 Lang Acquisition English
Department
SOCS - Social Sciences
Level
06 - Level 6
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
Start Term
2022 - Full Academic Year 2022-23
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Breda McTaggart, Suzanne Collery, Brenda Feeney, Ailise McDowell, Bernie Meehan
Programme Membership
SG_HENGL_H08 202200 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Psychology
Description

Building on the work of Drama Studies: An Introduction in the first year, the aim of this module is to deepen and extend the student's knowledge of dramatic literature from the mid-19th century to the present day and will cover a variety of dramatic forms and genres including key Irish texts. Students will examine and develop critical response through textual analysis of a range of plays.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;

1.

Identify form, genre, and recurrent themes within the chosen play texts

2.

Analyse the influence of larger historical, social and cultural movements on drama forms, genres and representations

3.

Perceive and explain some key theoretical issues pertaining to the field of drama studies and make links to Drama 1

4.

Engage in critical analysis of the original plays and their performance through class-based discussion/presentations and written work

5.

Interrogate relevant secondary literature, critically engage with live theatre and online film resources

Teaching and Learning Strategies

The module will be delivered using a number of different strategies, for example, student or lecturer led in class discussions, lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminars, EBL.

Module Assessment Strategies

This module is 100% Continuous Assessment.

Assignments are directly related to the module learning outcomes.

50% Presentation.

50% End of Semester written assignment.

Repeat Assessments

Students will be assigned repeat projects in the event that they have failed the module.

However this will be determined by what the failed component is and will be recorded at Progression and Reward Boards.

Indicative Syllabus

The student will be able to 1. Identify form, genre, recurrent themes within the chosen play.  The student will explore dramatic literature beginning with the melodramas of Oscar Wilde and examine the turn towards naturalism at the end of the nineteenth century through to the expressionist and modernist plays and practices up to the present day. Playwrights of interest may include Ibsen, Lady Gregory, Chekhov, Yeats, Wilde, Brecht, Marie Jones, Wole Soyinka, Manjula Padmanabhan and others. The student will recognise, analyse and compare the works of a number of plays and their practices employing a mix of close reading, critique and performance related analyses.

2. Analyse the influence of the historical, social and cultural movements on drama forms, genres and representations.  Student will analyse chosen plays from various socio-historical perspectives and cultural movements and their influence on form, genre and representation. 

3.  Perceive and explain some of the theoretical issues in the field of drama studies and make links to Drama 1.  The student will interrogate and discuss in detail one or more of the major theoretical positions that have shaped stage theory in the nineteenth and the twentieth century.  The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of a number of important critical writings that have influenced the making and reception of mid 19th-mid 20th Century Theatre and make links with the Introduction to Drama module.

4. Engage in critical analysis of the original plays and their performance through class-based discussion, presentation and written work.  The student will demonstrate knowledge and understanding as well as apply conceptual and practical understanding through critical analyses and class discussion. 

5. Interrogate relevant secondary literature, critically engage with live theatre and online film resources.  The student will show evidence, both written and through discussion, of having conducted relevant research into secondary literature pertaining to the plays, genres, themes and will have explored online film resources as well as attended live theatre relevant to the module.

Coursework & Assessment Breakdown

Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %

Coursework Assessment

Title Type Form Percent Week Learning Outcomes Assessed
1 End of Semester Written Assignment Coursework Assessment Assignment 50 % Week 12 1,2,3,4,5
2 Group Presentation Practical Group Project 50 % Week 8 1,3,4,5
             

Full Time Mode Workload


Type Location Description Hours Frequency Avg Workload
Lecture Flat Classroom weekly theme 1 Weekly 1.00
Tutorial Flat Classroom Discussion, workshop, presentation 2 Weekly 2.00
Independent Learning Not Specified Independent Learning 3 Weekly 3.00
Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 3.00 Hours

Required & Recommended Book List

Required Reading
The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama Earl Mc Peek

Required Reading
2009 The Norton Anthology of Drama Volume Two: The Nineteenth Century to the Present Blackwell

Recommended Reading
1981 Modern Drama in Theory and Practice Realism and Naturalism Northwestern University Illinois

Recommended Reading
2001 The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre Oxford University Press

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