EA119-4-FY-SO:
Contextual and Community Studies
2015/16
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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30 October 2007
Requisites for this module
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BA W496 Acting and Community Engagement
Actors spend their entire careers speaking other people's words and trying to imagine how other people think. Contextual Studies is intended to help students to observe, to make rational sense of their observations and to put their own ideas into their own words as part of seminar discussion and in writing. The arts administration component introduces students to the principles of community theatre and the way companies work in the community.
Module Content
Term One
Context
Introduction to learning resources
Introduction to Personal Development Journal (PDJ)
Theatre history from its earliest forms.
Ritual and Medieval
Critical examination and discussion of a range of early theatrical texts eg. mystery and morality plays, mummers
Arts Administration
Exploring models of Community and Community Theatre
the role of participatory theatre in society
introduction to cultural policy at local, county and regional levels
Arts Council England and UK: setting and implementing cultural policy
Current policy initiatives e.g. the Leadership Programme, Creative Partnerships, National Lottery, their impact and their ideological and cultural assumptions
How projects are organised and funded
Term Two
Context
The structures and conventions of essay-writing
Theatre history from medieval to Elizabethan periods
Reading and analysing texts - eg early Elizabethan texts
Connecting to the life and times from which scripts have arisen.
Structures and conventions of plays and theatre in medieval and Elizabethan periods
Arts Administration
Sample case studies of community arts organisations and the influence of cultural policy
Term Three
16th and 17th century theatre history
Play texts of the Jacobean period
Researching societies from which plays have arisen
Preparation for Improvised Living History Project (EA114).
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Lectures, seminars, independent study, presentations, viewings
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
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Scene Presentation |
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Personal Record of Analysis/Reflection |
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| Coursework |
Context Essay |
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Additional coursework information
Presentation weighted 0.20
Analysis weighted 0.10
Overall commitment weighted 0.03
Bibliography weighted 0.07
Critical Review weighted 0.10
Case study weighted 0.17
Personal Development Journal weighted 0.33
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Ainslie Masterton, Zois Pigadas
For further information please email amast@essex.ac.uk
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Mr John Palka
Coventry University
Senior Lecturer Performing Arts
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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