PERF06090 2019 Introduction to Drama and Literature

General Details

Full Title

Introduction to Drama and Literature

Transcript Title

Introduction to Drama and Lite

Code

PERF06090

Attendance

80 %

Subject Area

PERF - 0215 Performing Arts

Department

YADA - Yeats Academy Art Dsgn & Arch

Level

06 - Level 6

Credit

05 - 05 Credits

Duration

Semester

Fee

€

Start Term

2019 - Full Academic Year 2019-20

End Term

9999 - The End of Time

Author(s)

Una Mannion, Rhona Trench

Programme Membership

SG_APERF_H08 201900 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Performing Arts SG_APERA_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Acting) SG_APERT_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Theatre Design) SG_APERA_B07 202400 Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Acting) SG_APERF_H08 202400 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Performing Arts

Description

This module introduces students to experience a variety of theatrical and literary forms in the context of culture, performance and representation. Students are typically asked to consider drama, literature, text, and performance from world contexts What is meant by culture? What is literature? What is performance? How do texts and performance signify meaning? What is meant by representation? Cultural and historical contexts, performance spaces and production concerns, are typically examined in an effort to demonstrate the multiple ways in which a text or performance can create meaning.

Learning Outcomes

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

identify the relationship between form and content

understand the significance of textual and performance contexts

understand the range of conditions and ideas which is brought to bear on a text and/or performance to make meaning

demonstrate multiple ways in which a text can be produced

understand the role of the reader/audience in the context of meaning making

demonstrate the role of directors and designers in creating meaning for performance

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Courses are taught through lectures, seminars, smaller group-teaching, and student's research and shared learning.

Module Assessment Strategies

Exam 50%

Term essay 25%

Practical small group demonstrations on a given issue ‑ fortnightly 10%

Course Contribution 15%

Repeat Assessments

Repeat exam

Indicative Syllabus

Students are introduced to world literature examining key texts from the Greek period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Restoration, the Victorian Age, Romanticism, Modernism and Twentieth-Century Realism. The works will be closely linked to the cultural and historical forces that shaped them. Issues of gender, performance, characterisation, plot, staging, narrative and dramatic practices, are typically explored.

Coursework & Assessment Breakdown

Coursework & Continuous Assessment

End of Semester / Year Formal Exam

Coursework Assessment

	Title	Type	Form	Percent	Week	Learning Outcomes Assessed
1	In-class exercises	Coursework Assessment	Assessment	15 %	OnGoing	1,3,4,5
2	Continuous Assessment	Coursework Assessment	Assessment	10 %	OnGoing	2,3,5,6
3	Term essay	Project	Open Book Exam	25 %	End of Term	1,2,3,5,6

End of Semester / Year Assessment

	Title	Type	Form	Percent	Week	Learning Outcomes Assessed
1	Exam	Final Exam	Open Book Exam	50 %	End of Term	1,2,4,5

Full Time Mode Workload

Type	Location	Description	Hours	Frequency	Avg Workload
Lecture	Flat Classroom	Lecture	2	Weekly	2.00
Tutorial	Flat Classroom	Tutorial	2	Weekly	2.00

Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 4.00 Hours

Required & Recommended Book List

Required Reading
20/06/2019 The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama Harcourt

Required Reading
20/06/2019 The Norton Anthology of World Literature Norton

Required Reading
20/06/2019 The Written World: How Literature Shaped History Granta

Required Reading
20/06/2019 History of the Theatre Allyn and Bacon

Required Reading
30/01/2015 The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Volume 1: The Medieval Period Broadview

Required Reading
25/03/1995 From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature Penguin

Required Reading
10/07/2008 Irish Writing An Anthology of Irish Literature in English 1789-1939 (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press

Module Resources

Non ISBN Literary Resources

Brockett, Oscar G. with Hildy, Franklin J., History of the Theatre, (U.S.: Allyn and Bacon, 1999)

Brockett, Oscar G., The Essential Theatre, (Earl McPeek, Harcourt, 2000)

Brown, Russell, John, The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, (Oxford University Press, 2001)

Damrosch, David (Editor), Natalie Melas (Editor), Mbongiseni Buthelezi (Editor, The Princeton Sourcebook in Comparative Literature: From the European Enlightenment to the Global Present (Translation/Transnation), Princeton University Press, 2009

Downs, William Missouri, Wright, Lou Ann and Ramsey, Erik, Experiencing the Art of Theatre: A Concise Introduction, (U.S.:Wadworth Series, 2001)

Jordan, Eamonn, Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Theatre, (Irish Academic Press, 2010)

McMullan, Anna and Leeney, Cathy, The Theatre of Marina Carr, (Dublin: Carysfort, 2003)

Pilkington, Lionel, Theatre and the state in twentieth century Ireland: cultivating the people, (London: Routledge, 2001)

Trotter, Mary, Modern Irish Theatre: A Cultural History of Literature, (Cambridge, 2008)

Worthen, W.B., The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama, (Earl McPeek, Harcourt, 2000)

Journal Resources

Journal of Modern Literature - Indiana University Press

Journal of Literary Studies - Taylor and Francis

Oxford Literary Review - Oxford University Press

Journal of English Association - Oxford Academic

Journal of Beckett Studies - Edinburgh University Press

URL Resources

Literary Theory - Rutgers University | Uinversity of California | About.com | Books on Literary Theory

Other Resources

IT Sligo Library and online database - JSTOR