Postgraduate Course: Theatre, Performance, Performativity (CLLC11125)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This 20 credit course will examine the ways in which the modern and contemporary thinking of performance has demanded an exploration of both the social force and functionality of theatre, on the one hand, and of the extra-theatrical powers of performance, on the other. The course will consider how theatre's political potential has been understood by practitioners and critics, as well as how it has been made the object of power through censorship. It will also explore the model of social force articulated in versions of the concept of performativity, and the sometimes fraught place of theatre, theatricality and theatrical performance within such theories. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 15 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
155 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Contact hours include a 1 to 1 formative assessment meeting where oral feedback will be given.
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
4000 Word Essay (100%) |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- further develop their knowledge and understanding of the ways in which performance and theatre have been discussed in a broad range of historical and contemporary contexts, providing a clear sense of the longe duree of theatrical and dramatic theory.
- further explore in detail a range of dramatic and quasi-dramatic material and discourses from different historical periods and cultures.
- develop an understanding of the relationships between specific performance practices and theories of performativity.
- Deepen their knowledge and understanding of selected themes and topics in ways that enable them to select and execute an independent piece of research.
- Gain a grasp of the methodological issues and problems of dramatic and cultural analysis, equipping them with experience of creating original academic work to underpin (where appropriate) further interdisciplinary research at PhD level.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Contact hours includes workshops with visiting artists. |
| Keywords | TPP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Olga Taxidou
Tel: (0131 6)50 3611
Email: Olga.Taxidou@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Iain.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk |
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