Undergraduate Course: Introduction to European Theatre (CLLC08002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to introduce students to the history and variety of European theatre, to develop reading strategies for dramatic texts and an awareness of the history of performance practice. It involves working in groups. |
| Course description |
The course is team-taught, the programme consisting of a range of texts selected from the list below (plus others that become available as staff return from leave), and taught in two-, three- or four-week blocks, as appropriate.
The course will open with 2 sessions on the relationship of text to performance, and on the European dimensions of the course.
French Classical Theatre: Racine, Corneille, Molière (Dr Véronique Desnain)
Racine, Iphigenia
Corneille, The Theatrical Illusion
Molière, Scapin the Schemer
Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart (Prof Peter Davies)
Peter Weiss: Marat / Sade (Prof Peter Davies)
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot / Endgame (Prof Jean Duffy)
Gerhart Hauptmann: Lonely Lives (Dr Laura Bradley)
August Strindberg: Miss Julie (Dr Helen Lunden)
Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding (Dr José Saval)
Fabrizio Gifuni: Gadda goes to War (Dr Alberto Godioli)
Karel Capek: R.U.R. (Dr Smith)
Václav Hável: The Garden Party (Dr Smith)
Jean Genet: The Maids / The Blacks (Dr Claire Boyle)
The programme will vary from session to session, depending on staff availability, but the aim is to ensure that each of the DELC language areas is represented by at least one teaching block. The course will be delivered using texts in English translation, and the texts used will be readily available in translation.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 80 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 44,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay (2,000-2,500 words)(50%) and one two-hour examination (50%) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | | | Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Resit Exam Diet (August)Outwith Standard Exam Diets JanuaryOutwith Standard Exam Diets FebruaryOutwith Standard Exam Diets MarchOutwith Standard Exam Diets AprilOutwith Standard Exam Diets MayOutwith Standard Exam Diets JuneOutwith Standard Exam Diets JulyOutwith Standard Exam Diets AugustOutwith Standard Exam Diets SeptemberOutwith Standard Exam Diets OctoberOutwith Standard Exam Diets NovemberOutwith Standard Exam Diets DecemberResit Exam Diet (April/May Sem 1 resits only) | Temp exam | : | |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will:
¿ Have acquired an awareness of the variety of theatre practice across Europe
¿ Be able to read playtexts with a sensitivity to cultural and historical context and with an awareness of performance practices
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IET |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Peter Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 3632
Email: Peter.J.Davies@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Lonergan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6949
Email: David.Lonergan@ed.ac.uk |
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