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Postgraduate Course: Key Developments in European Theatre 1 (CLLC11104)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryKey Developments in European Theatre is taught in two 2-hour seminars per week by tutors from different subject areas. It comprises units on the important developments in dramatic theory and praxis in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and the Scandinavian countries, since the early modern period. Each unit will also introduce students to one or two key dramas from the country under consideration. Countries under consideration may vary from year to year depending on staff availability.
Course description Key Developments in European Theatre is taught in two 2-hour seminars per week by tutors from different subject areas. It comprises units on the important developments in dramatic theory and praxis in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and the Scandinavian countries, since the early modern period. Each unit will also introduce students to one or two key dramas from the country under consideration. Countries under consideration may vary from year to year depending on staff availability.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire a broad sense of how theatre and drama have developed in Europe, and how intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization has taken place between countries. They will become familiar with a selection of key theatre texts and key dramatic theories, and will be encouraged to see the relevance of historical developments to the theory and praxis of European theatre now.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsKDET1
Contacts
Course organiserDr Severine Genieys-Kirk
Tel: (0131 6)51 1734
Email: S.G.Kirk@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kara McCormack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Kara.McCormack@ed.ac.uk
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