- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Karen Quigley
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
This module is designed to introduce you, practically and theoretically, to a range of case studies within the context of a particular theatre or performance tradition or style (e.g. feminist theatres, site-specific practices, physical theatre, monologue plays etc). It will equip you to work with deep knowledge and understanding of the given tradition/style across performative and analytical contexts, and will enable you to apply these skills to your ongoing work at the interstices of text and performance.
*Students will lose 3 marks per workshop, seminar or practical session missed for this module.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2023-24 |
At the end of this module you will have
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay |
N/A | 75 |
Practical Practical |
N/A | 25 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay |
N/A | 75 |
Practical Practical |
N/A | 25 |
Students will receive written feedback on all assessments and reassessments. This will happen in a formative manner in practical workshops and seminars, and in a summative manner in feedback sheets on practical assessment and written tasks, which students will receive within 20 working days after the assessment.
For a sample module on British feminist theatre traditions, an indicative bibliography could include:
Plays
Mojisola Adebayo
Moira Buffini
Caryl Churchill,
Sarah Daniels,
Andrea Dunbar,
Gay Sweatshop
Theoretical material
Elaine Aston and Gerry Harris, A Good Night Out For The Girls (2012)
Sue-Ellen Case, Feminism and Theatre (2008)
Sharon Carnicke, Stanislavsky in Action (2008)
Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator as Critic (1988)
Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator in Action (2013)
Penny Farfan and Lesley Ferris (eds.), Contemporary Women Playwrights: Into the Twenty-First Century (2014)
Lizbeth Goodman, Contemporary Feminist Theatres (1993)
Emer O’Toole, Girls Will Be Girls (2015)
Kim Solga, Feminism & Theatre (2016)