Unit name | Performance Histories |
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Unit code | THTR20010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Hindson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Theatre |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
In Year 2 core units develop the approaches introduced in Year 1 and expand contextual frameworks. In this unit students are introduced to histories of performance, contextualised by the key theories that have informed the production of these histories. Topics include but are not limited to:
In this unit, students are expected to develop their analytical and creative skills and their ability to structure their work and present it coherently. The unit will enable students to make links between and be aware of comparative historical frameworks for the analysis of performance forms and contexts. It will develop and extend students’ critical and historical awareness and knowledge of a broad range of issues and problems encountered in performance practice.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
Blended teaching: 11 x 1hr lectures; 11 x 2hr seminars; Blackboard discussion board exercises, as appropriate.
Assessment: 3,000-word essay (60%) (ILOs 1-5).
Student-led seminar presentation with accompanying handout (40%) (ILOs 1-5).
The Cambridge History of British Theatre (vols 1-3)'
Bratton, J. S. (2003) New readings in theatre history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Carlson, M. A. (1993) Theories of the theatre: a historical and critical survey from the Greeks to the present. Expanded ed. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
Postlewait, T. (2009) The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Historiography Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Worthen, W. B. and Holland, P. (2003) Theorizing practice: redefining theatre history. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan