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EACL326 Comedy in Europe and Asia

Updated: 25 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 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 EUCL226 or EUCL326 or European Drama201 or European Drama301
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Susan Fell (sfell@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit aims to show the development of comic drama in certain countries in Europe and Asia.The transnational concept of comedy 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

The Threepenny Opera
ISBN: 9780413390301
Brecht, B., Methuen
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Mandragola
ISBN: 9780917974571
Machiavelli, N., Waveland Press 1981
Text refers to: Semester 2 , 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
Essay 50% 2500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Online Test 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 40%
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
This unit introduces students to a range of European and Asian texts that address concepts of comedy, and this knowledge is specifically assessed in the three assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity, and these communication skills will be formally assessed in all three assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The study of drama of foreign cultures will give understanding of and insight into these societies and cultures. This attribute is assessed in the essay, exam and online discussion. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will access and use discussion fora and other online resources, and this will be formally assessed in the essay and online discussion. 		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, and this attribute will be assessed in particular in the essay and exam. 		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, and this is formally assessed in the online discussion. 		True True True
   

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