ATS4269 Rethinking theatre history
Faculty of Arts
ATS4269 Rethinking theatre history is a level 4, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS4269. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
This unit will explore the processes of rethinking theatre history in a number of ways: the challenges to received critical thinking and methodology, and to canonical assumptions; the implications for theatre history of parallel texts reflecting 'translations' into new media; the responses of analytical and critical approaches in Drama and Theatre Studies to the influence of thinking in other disciplines; the reframing of canonical texts in the light of contemporary theoretical and cultural perspectives, and its implications for historicised interpretation.
It will examine a range of plays in relation to traditional scholarly interpretations and to specific recent re-readings.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Framing document30%
- Oral report20%
- Major project50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
A working awareness of contemporary theoretical perspectives.
- 2
The capacity to apply specific theoretical approaches to a diverse range of theatrical texts.
- 3
An ongoing sensitivity, openness and scepticism to shifts in the climate of disciplinary debate.
- 4
A developed sense of the continuing volatility and contingency of intellectual debate in the field.
- 5
A sophisticated understanding of the issues underlying those debates at a level appropriate to graduate study.
- 6
Enhanced confidence in articulating informed arguments and interpretations, in both oral and written form.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars24 hours
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS4269 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Fiona Gregory
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Fiona Gregory
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS4269?
ATS4269 has no prerequisites.
When is ATS4269 offered?
In 2020, ATS4269 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS4269?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS4269 have an exam?
No. ATS4269 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS4269?
ATS4269 is part of Theatre and performance.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Critical Performance Studies
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020