TH141-4-FY-CO:
Introduction to Drama
2015/16
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
27 November 2002
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
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TH205, TH241
BA W401 Drama,
BA W402 Drama (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW24 Drama and Literature,
BA WQ42 Drama and Literature (Including Year Abroad)
This course is both practical and theoretical and comprises ten seminars and ten practical workshops plus two revision sessions. Initially it introduces students to four major theatre theorists; Aristotle, Brecht, Artaud and Stanislavski. It then relates these theories to a number of plays from the European tradition. Plays studied range from those written in Ancient Greece to those written in the last few years. These same texts will form the basis for the discussion of issues of genre representation, gender, modernism and post-modernism and identity.
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Please note that this course is taught by a mixture of seminar and practical workshop. Students will be required to join in with practical drama exercises, and to have group practical work assessed at the end of term two.
Compulsory for:
B.A. in Drama and Literature
B.A. in Drama
This course is taught by seminar/workshops. Active participation is essential.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Autumn Term Essay |
|
33.33% |
| Practical |
Practical |
|
60% |
| Practical |
Particpation Mark |
|
6.66% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
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
Gemma Mayes and Johnny Williams
LiFTS Taught Team - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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No lecture recording information available for this module.
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