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Contemporary Performance Analysis (DRAM10025)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This module acts as an introduction to performance analysis for spectators who are not necessarily theatre specialists. It will look at contemporary live performance, engaging with various theatres and performance spaces in Melbourne, and introduce the languages, methods and theories we can use to discuss the performances we see. This adds depth to the experience of theatre-going and raises questions of how we become active theatre-goers and participants in an arts culture. It will engage with how theatre sits in relation to wider culture and society.
Intended learning outcomes
- To introduce students to theatre as a particular form of live performance event;
- To develop an understanding of the theoretical and cultural analysis of performance.
Generic skills
• In both written and verbal forms, be able to critically and theoretically analyse, evaluate and interpret performance texts and performance events from a range of critical perspectives;
• Be able to identify and interpret the cultural frameworks that surround performance events;
• Be aware of the ways in which performance may be related to the representational politics of race, gender, class, sexuality, and culture, etc.;
• Be able to produce written work adhering to the standards of academic practice in terms of referencing;
• To introduce students to theatre as a particular form of live performance event;
• To develop an understanding of the theoretical and cultural analysis of performance and presentation.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Essay (2000 words); Assessment period (50%)
Group oral presentation plus submission of written documents (10 minutes x 3 people plus individual submission of presentation notes/ materials; equivalent to 1600 words total); during semester, weeks 8-12 (40%)
In-class activities and contributions (equivalent to 400 words); throughout semester; 10%
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Alyson Campbell Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 2 hours per week – lecture/seminar Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
120
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Fortier, M. (2002) Theory/Theater. 2nd edn. London: Routledge.
- Related Handbook entries
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- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 27 April 2024