93515 MODERN THEATRE AND DRAMA

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
00	93515 	S2  	D 	MODERN THEATRE AND DRAMA  	1.00

Contents

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

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

93529

SYNOPSIS:

The  study  of  dramatic  texts  and  performance  practices  provides
insights  into human experiences and places these experiences  in  the
context of society.

This unit examines the rise of modern theatre and drama placing it  in
its  socio-political  context, and provides a study  of  a  number  of
representative plays, both as texts to be read, and where possible, as
performances.   The  plays are considered in  terms  of  the  dramatic
movements  they exemplify.  Areas of study include:  the  Restoration,
popular theatre, rise of realism/naturalism, anti-realist theatre, and
late 20th century theatrical experimentation.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. the ability to understand and to respond critically to modern
   drama, as text and in performance;
   
2. an understanding of different modes of dramatic presentation
   and be able to make informed connections between the differing
   twentieth century dramatic aesthetics;
   
3. developed communicative and analytical skills through written
   papers and tutorial discussion;
   
4. a detailed knowledge of specific dramatic texts and
   performance practices drawn from the period.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

The Modern Era:  an overview

Neoclassicism and early Modern theatre

English Restoration and the 18th century

Romanticism, Melodrama and Early Realism

Realism and Anti-Realism in the 20th century

Late 20th century trends

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Ibsen, H, Hedda Gabler (any ed.).

Dampier, A, & Walch, G, 1985, Robbery under Arms, Sydney, Currency.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Bennett, Susan, 1990, Theatre Audiences, Routledge, London.

Braun, Edward, 1982, The Director and The Stage, Methuen, London.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1964, Brecht on Theatre, ed. John Willett, Hill and
Wang, New York.

Brockett, O, History of the Theatre, latest ed.

Brook, Peter, 1972, The Empty Space, Penguin, Middlesex.

Carlson, Marvin, 1993, Theories of the Theatre, Cornell University
Press.

Case, Sue-Ellen, 1988, Feminism and Theatre, Macmillan, London.

Dukore, B F, 1974, Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to
Grotowski, HBJ.

Esslin, Martin, 1965, The Theatre of the Absurd, Penguin, Middlesex.

Innes, Christopher, 1993, Avant Garde Theatre 1892-1992, Routledge,
London and New York.

Jones, Richard, 1986, Great Directors at Work Stanislavsky, Brecht,
Kazan, Brook, University of California Press, Los Angeles.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	26
Tutorials/Workshops                           	39
Private Study                                 	100

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              PASSIM    QUIZZES                                   10.00     N   N
2   S              08/09/00  ASSIGNMENT 2                              20.00     N   N
3   S              27/10/00  ASSIGNMENT 3                              20.00     N   N
4   S              END S2    3 HOUR EXAMINATION                        50.00     N   N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    The final grade is based on the total of all assessment items and
     is assigned in accord with Faculty guidelines.