Undergraduate Course: Introduction to European Theatre (CLLC08002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Course Organiser:
Dr Alexandra Smith
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.
Semester 1 (17.09.2018-30.11.2018):
Unit 1: French Classical Theatre
Week 1 (Wednesday and Friday): Introductory sessions on European theatre; introduction to terminology; theoretical approaches to studying drama (Dr Alexandra Smith).
Weeks 2 - 4: French Classical Theatre: Racine, Corneille, Molière (Dr Véronique Desnain)
Racine, Iphigenia; Corneille, The Theatrical Illusion Molière, Scapin the Schemer.
Unit 2: Theatre and Politics
Weeks 4 (Friday) - 5 (including Friday): Capek. R.U.R (Dr Alexandra Smith)
Week 6: Reading week.
Weeks 7-8: Georg Büchner. Danton's Death (Professor Laura Bradley)
Weeks 9-10: B. Brecht. The Measures Taken (Professor Laura Bradley)
Week 11: Revision and essay preparation sessions.
Semester 2 (14.01.2019-5.04.2019):
Unit 3: Thinking with/Through Theatre
Weeks 1-2. Fabrizio Gifuni. Gadda Goes to War (Professor Federica Pedriali)
Weeks 3-4. Jean Genet. The Maids and The Blacks (Dr Claire Boyle)
Week 5. Beckett. Waiting for Godot (Dr Claire Boyle)
Week 6. No teaching/creative learning week.
Weeks 7. Beckett. Endgame (Dr Claire Boyle)
Weeks 8-10. Havel. The Garden Party (Dr Alexandra Smith)
Week 11. Revision and exam preparation sessions (Wednesday only)
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)
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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
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of European theatre since the Classical period, including major periods and representative authors.
- Appraise texts within their historical and cultural contexts using appropriate literary vocabulary and terminology, and a range of critical approaches, and methods of interpretation.
- Engage with and interpret layers of meaning within individual texts and between groups of texts.
- Develop effective communication, presentation and interaction skills across a range of media.
- Demonstrate self-reliance, initiative, and the ability to work flexibly with others as part of a team.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IET |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alexandra Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 1381
Email: Alexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vivien MacNish Porter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3528
Email: vivien.macnish-porter@ed.ac.uk |
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