THEA317 Australian Theatre History

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	any 36cp or 12cp in THEA units
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	THEA211 or THEA217 or THEA311
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Adrian Kiernander (akiernan@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	A study of trends in Australian theatre over two centuries and the influences on performance styles in Australian theatre.
Prescribed Material Mandatory	Text(s): Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material The Man From Mukinupin ISBN: 9780868191560 Hewett, D., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Brumby Innes ISBN: 9780868190860 Prichard, K.S., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus The Touch of Silk ISBN: 9780868191546 Roland, B., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus The Floating World ISBN: 9780868190648 Romeril, J., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus A Cheery Soul (in Collected Plays) ISBN: 9780868191249 White, P., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ISBN: 9780868190112 Lawler, R., Currency Press 1985 Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Don's Party ISBN: 9780868195308 Williamson, D., Currency Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Referenced Material Optional	Text(s): Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional Rusty Bugles ISBN: 0868190306 Locke-Elliott, S., Sydney Currency Press Revised ed. 1980 Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus The Currency Lass, or, My Native Girl: A Musical Play in Two Acts ISBN: 0869370332 Geoghegan, G. (ed. R. Covell), Currency Press 1976 Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Barmaids ISBN: 0868193410 Thomson, K., Sydney Currency Press in association with Belvoir Street Theatre 1992 Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE 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	Weight	Mode	No. Words
Assignment 1: Essay	40%	Off Campus	2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Assignment 1: Essay	30%	On Campus	2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Assignment 2	30%	On Campus	1500
Assessment Notes
Performance project or essay

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Assignment 2: Online	40%	Off Campus	2000
Assessment Notes
Structured Discussion board participation

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-8
Tutorial	20%	On Campus
Assessment Notes
Structured tutorial participation

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-8
Unit Test	20%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

understand the development of Australian theatre from the mid nineteenth century to the present day;
discuss the linkage between the changes in Australian society and Australian theatre practice;
understand the contribution of theatre practice to the development of an Australian national identity;

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline This unit covers the history and development of mainstream Australian theatre from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.
2	Communication Skills Students have to write essays, as well as dramatic scripts, and on-campus students each week attend a two-hour workshop where performance skills are discussed and put into practice.
3	Global Perspectives How Australian Theatre moved from parochial to global issues is one of the main themes of the unit.
4	Information Literacy Students are required to use computing skills to conduct their research.
5	Life-Long Learning Students work independently and collectively on information gathering, analysis and exploration, reflection, reporting, and devising theatrical performances designed to convey ideas, factual material and opinions in a clear, yet entertaining, manner.
6	Problem Solving The workshop practices are almost always based upon a problem which needs to be solved in a practical way.
7	Social Responsibility Students are required to: (a) take on their own responsibilities within an active group; and (b) examine the very notion of social responsibility in relation to the contemporary political and social issues discussed above.
8	Team Work The devising, rehearsing and performance of student projects involve a high degree of team work - and team work which involves many more hours of time than is directly supervised by staff. There is no Intensive School; however, off-campus students are asked to study material about Australian theatre groups in practice.

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