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EACL325 Tragedy in Europe and Asia

Updated: 17 March 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 24cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions EUCL225 or EUCL325 or European Drama200 or European Drama300
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Brennan Wales (bwales@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit aims to show the development of tragedy in certain countries in Europe and equivalent genres in selected Asian cultures. The transnational concept of tragedy will be discussed. The prescribed plays will be studied both as texts and in their staging context. All texts are studied in English.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Phaedra, (in Racine, Iphigenia, Phaedra and Athaliah)
ISBN: 9780140441222
Racine, J. (trans. J. Cairncross), Penguin 1963
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Mother Courage and her Children
ISBN: 9780413412904
Brecht, B., Methuen 2006
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Cavalleria rusticana (in Verga, Three Plays)
ISBN: 9781863892520
Verga, G. (trans. B. Wales), Davesco Editrice 1995
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
The Spanish Tragedy
ISBN: 9781408114216
Kyd, T., Metheun Drama 3rd ed. 2009
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Snow in Middle Summer (in Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing [Library of Chinese Classics])
ISBN: 9787119033952
Hanqing, G., Foreign Language Press 2004
Note: Available from the lecturer
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Essay 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Online Assessment 10% 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6-8
Final Examination 2 hrs 60% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. critically discuss European and Asian drama;
  2. critically discuss knowledge of genres;
  3. use consolidated and extended analytical and writing skills;
  4. critically discuss comparative methodologies.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The unit introduces students to a range of European and Asian texts that address concepts of the tragic. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The study of drama of a foreign culture will give understanding of and insight into such a society and culture. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will access and use discussion fora and other online resources. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit encourages students to develop a lifelong interest in drama. 		True
6 Problem Solving
The application of complex methodologies will enhance problem solving skills at a high level. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
As drama deals with ethical and social issues, students engage with these debates. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students' engagement with the texts and the issues raised in them on the discussion board encourages a co-operative approach to learning. 		True True True
   

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