PERF08045 2017 Postmodern Performance
Full Title
Postmodern Performance
Transcript Title
Postmodernism
Code
PERF08045
Attendance
80 %
Subject Area
PERF - 0215 Performing Arts
Department
COMP - Computing & Creative Practices
Level
08 - Level 8
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
€
Start Term
2017 - Full Academic Year 2017-18
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Mr. John Kelleher, Tom Weir, Una Mannion, Rhona Trench, Bernie Meehan, Jo Conway, Agnes Pallai
Programme Membership
SG_HWRIT_H08 201700 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Writing and Literature
SG_HWRIT_H08 201900 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Writing and Literature
SG_HWLIT_H08 202000 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Writing and Literature
SG_HWLIT_H08 202300 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Writing and Literature
SG_HWRIT_H08 202300 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Writing and Literature
Description
This module explores the intellectual history of postmodernism, considering a range of postmodern styles, political contexts and aesthetic practices for performance. The module examines the work of theatre companies, productions, designers, writers, philosophers and plays in an effort to explore how postmodern performance practice encapsulates some of the definitions of the postmodern and how this transforms the theatrical and performance landscape.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;
1.
Understand the various generic and formal manifestations of postmodernism in writing practices including poetry, fiction and the dramatic arts
2.
Examine the problematic conceptual history of postmodernism
3.
critique a range of writing and performance media from the postmodern framework
4.
understand the visual potential of photography, painting, lighting, colour, mood; or the impact of devising, the internet - facebook and second-life - on the postmodern moment
5.
create a postmodern piece of writing, debating the choice of subject matter and the significance of its meaning critiqued through the postmodern lens
6.
investigate the impact of postmodernism on issues such as gender, cultural identity, violence, nationhood and power for example
Teaching and Learning Strategies
Varied strategies for teaching and learning are used from lectures, seminars, workshops, group presentations and collaborative work
Module Assessment Strategies
Exam - 40%
Term Essay - 30%
Continuous Assessment - 20%
Presentation - 10%
Repeat Assessments
Learners will have the opportunity to repeat continuous assessment through project work and/or exam
Indicative Syllabus
Some of the postmodern theorists and writers who have defined the postmodern age will be explored. They include Linda Hutcheon, Robert Wilson, Jean Baudrillard, Robert LePage, Frederic Jameson, Jean Francois Lyotard and Michel Foucault. Writers include James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Samuel Beckett, Donald Barthelme, Toni Morrison, Don de Lillo, Philip Roth, Virinia Woolf and William Faulkner.
Coursework & Assessment Breakdown
Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %
Coursework Assessment
| Title | Type | Form | Percent | Week | Learning Outcomes Assessed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Individual Project Term Essay | Project | Essay | 50 % | End of Term | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| 2 | Continuous Assessment | Coursework Assessment | Practical Evaluation | 50 % | OnGoing | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Full Time Mode Workload
| Type | Location | Description | Hours | Frequency | Avg Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Flat Classroom | Lecturer-led | 1 | Weekly | 1.00 |
| Tutorial | Flat Classroom | student-led | 2 | Weekly | 2.00 |
Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 3.00 Hours
Module Resources
Non ISBN Literary Resources
David Rudrum and Nicholas Stavris, Supplanting the Postmodern: An Anthology of Writings on the Arts and Culture of the Early 21st Century, (UK: Bloomsbury, 2015)
The Fragmented Female Body and Identity: The Postmodern, Feminist, and Multiethnic Writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia ... and Kathy Acker (Modern American Literature) (New York: Peter Lang, 2010)
Causey, Matthew, Theatre and Performance in Digital Culture: from simulation to embeddedness, (London: Routledge, 2009)
Frederic Jameson, Cultural Turn : Selected Writings on the Postmodern 1983-1998
Maria M. Delgado and Caridad Svich (eds.), Theatre in Crisis?: performance manifestos for a new century, (Manchester University Press, 2002)
Richard Foreman:
Plays and Manifestos (1976)
Theatre of Images (1977)
No-body: A Novel in Parts (1996)
Paradise Hotel and Other Plays (2001)
Richard Foreman (Art Performance) (2005)
Bad Boy Nietzsche! and Other Plays (2005)
Manifestos and Essays (forthcoming 2010)
Davey, Kate, Richard Foreman and the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, (New York: Vintage Books, 1981)
Derek Attridge, ed.: 1999, The Cambridge Companion to Joyce, (Cambridge UP., Cambridge)
Dundjerovic, Aleksandar Sasa, The Theatricality of Robert Lepage, (London: Routledge, 2009)
Marjore Perloff, Postmodern Genres, (Oklahoma UP, Oklahoma 1998)
Frederic Jameson, Postmodernism, (Duke NC. 1996)
Caux, Patrick & Gilbert, Bernard, EX MACHINA: Creating for the Stage, (UK: Talonbooks, 2009)
Sandler, Irving, Art Of The Postmodern Era: From The Late 1960s To The Early 1990s, (u.s.: Trade Paperback, 1997)
Murphie, Andrew and Potts, Culture and technology, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)
Bertens, Johannes Willem and Bertens, Hans, The idea of the postmodern: a history, (London: Routledge, 1995)
Leitc, Vincent B.,Postmodernism: local effects, global flows, (State University of New York, 1996)
Whitmore, Jon, Directing Postmodern Theater: Shaping Signification in Performance, (University of Michigan, 1994)
Additional Information
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