93529 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND THEORY OF DRAMA 2

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
97	93529 	S2  	D 	INT HIST & THEORY DRAMA 2 	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

93528

SYNOPSIS:

The study of the performance event, and of dramatic texts and dramatic
theory,  provides  insights  into human experience  and  places  these
experiences  in  the context of society. This unit  provides  students
with an introductory overview of some of the major plays, theories and
historical  features of the modern era in drama. Texts will  be  drawn
from  both  the Eastern and Western theatrical performance traditions.
Continuing on from Introduction to the History and Theory of Drama  1,
the  unit  will  develop  students' ability to formulate  and  present
academic arguments on the drama.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will have
achieved:

1. an understanding of the way in which drama functions within
   theatre and modern society;
   
2. a knowledge of specific dramatic and theoretical texts from
   the Eastern and Western traditions of theatre in the modern
   age;
   
3. a satisfactory achievement in the application of the
   fundamental principles of scholarly method as they apply to
   the drama.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

History and Theory in the Modern Age

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Aston E, & Savona, G, 1991, Theatre as Sign System, Routledge,
London.

Buchner, G, The Complete Plays.

Strindberg, A, Plays.

Ibsen, H, Four Major Plays.

Chekhov, A, Plays.

Brecht, B, Mother Courage and Her Children.

Beckett, S, Waiting for Godot.

Miller, A, Death of a Salesman.

Lawler, R, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Moliere, Dom Juan.

Churchill, Carol, Cloud Nine.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Dukore, B F, 1974, Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to
Grotowski, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.

Berthold, M, 1972, A History of World Theatre, Ungar, New York.

Harwood, R, 1984, All the World's A Stage, Little, Brown and Co.,
Boston.

Kernodle, G R, 1967, Invitation to the Theatre, Harcourt, Brace and
World Inc., New York.

Tadashi, S, 1986, The Way of Acting, TCG, New York.

Bate, W J, ed., 1970, Criticism: The Major Texts, enl. edn,
Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, San Diego.

Styan, J L, 1981, Modern Drama: Theory and Practice, 3 vols.,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Davis, P, 1996, The Intercultural Performance Reader, Routledge,
London and New York.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	28
Tutorials/Workshops                           	28
Private Study                                 	109

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL
1   S              PASSIM    ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION              10.00     N
2   S              PASSIM    TUTORIAL PAPER 1                          20.00     N
3   S              15/09/97  ESSAY                                     30.00     N
4   S              END S2    EXAMINATION 3 HOURS                       40.00     N