THEA317 Australia on Stage

Updated: 20 February 2013

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study
Armidale	Trimester 1	Off Campus
Armidale	Trimester 1	On Campus

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)

Julie Shearer (jsheare4@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. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Brumby Innes: ISBN: 9780868190860

Prichard, K.S., Currency Press

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
The Touch of Silk: ISBN: 9780868191546

Roland, B., Currency Press

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
The Floating World: ISBN: 9780868190648

Romeril, J., Currency Press

Note: This text is out of print

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Don's Party: ISBN: 9780868195308

Williamson, D., Currency Press

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll: ISBN: 9780868199672

Lawler, R., Currency Press 2nd ed. 2012

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
A Cheery Soul (in Collected Plays): ISBN: 9780868196602

White, P., Currency Press

Text refers to: Trimester 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., Currency Press Revised ed. 1980

Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE

Text refers to: Trimester 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: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Barmaids: ISBN: 0868193410

Thomson, K., Currency Press 1992

Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE

Text refers to: Trimester 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	30%	On Campus	2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Assignment 1: Essay	40%	Off 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%	On/Off Campus
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:

demonstrate an understanding of 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; and
demonstrate an understanding of 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 Both on- and off-campus students have to write essays, as well as dramatic scripts, thus practising their written communication skills whihch are assessed. In addition, 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 and some of the writer exercises are almost always based upon a problem which needs to be solved.
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 - including 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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