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THEA111 The Playwright and the Play

Updated: 28 May 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)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
11 September 2010 13 September 2010 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions THEA100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s)
Unit Description

This unit is designed to give students some understanding of the craft of the playwright, the relationship between text and performance and the role of a play within a community. Students will read primary and secondary sources and write about the theatre. On-campus students interpret text for performance and undertake a module of work in production that introduces them to the techniques associated with stage crew and technical tasks. Off-campus students are set weekly questions and complete tasks relating to the playwright's craft. They have the choice to attend an intensive school in which they investigate a play in performance or to write an essay on the relationship between plays in performance and scholarly criticism.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Lysistrata: The Acharnians: The Clouds
ISBN: 9780140448146
Aristophanes, Penguin Classics 2003
Note: Set text is 'Lysistrata'
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Chekhov: Plays
ISBN: 9780140447330
Chekhov, A., Penguin Classics 2002
Note: Set text is 'Three Sisters'
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Ophelia Thinks Harder
ISBN: 9780958339322
Betts, J., Women's Play Press 1994
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
THEA111 Collected Plays
ISBN: ARAK04
Theatre Studies Staff (eds), School of Arts
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
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
Assignment 1: Workbook 60% Off Campus 2500
Assessment Notes
Workbook of weekly exercises
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4, 6
Assignment 2: Essay or School 40% Off Campus 2000
Assessment Notes
Essay or attendance at non-mandatory Intensive School plus submission of reflection.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4, 8
Assignment 4: Essay 20% On Campus 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4
Performance Project 20% On Campus 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 3 GA: 1, 2, 6, 8
Technical Secondment 20% On Campus
Assessment Notes
Technical secondment and associated paperwork
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2 GA: 1, 2, 6, 8
Unit Test 20% On Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO 1, 3 GA: 1, 3, 6
Workbook and participation 20% On Campus 1000
Assessment Notes
Tutorial workbook and structured participation.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-4

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. show a basic understanding of the ways in which playwrights craft plays;
  2. understand how theoretical approaches influence and stimulate ways of thinking about theatre in performance;
  3. show basic understanding of the relationship between playwright and director, text and performance.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces students to the study of theatre, focusing on the role of the playwright. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The unit develops students' communication skills, particularly in the areas of written and oral communication and practical performance. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students study a variety of plays, both canonical and counter-canonical (i.e. feminist, postcolonial, postmodern), from different periods in the history of western theatre. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are required to independently research secondary sources in preparing their essay. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit requires students to develop and deploy, both individually and collaboratively, generic learning skills such as information gathering, analysis and exploration, reflection and reporting. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Practical projects provide students with opportunities to work collaboratively at identifying problems and devising solutions. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
The unit introduces students to issues of cultural politics in theatre (e.g. postcolonial theatre, feminist theatre, postmodern theatre) and the performance projects present students with practical opportunities for developing and deploying ethical interpersonal skills. 		True
8 Team Work
Students work collaboratively, with and without direct staff supervision, in devising, rehearsing and presenting performances. 		True True
   

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