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Applied Dramaturgy 1 (DRAM90011)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
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This subject lays the foundations for applying a dramaturgical practice to the contexts of rehearsal rooms and the development of performance. This subject introduces the practice of dramaturgy through a series of workshops with leading dramaturgs, literary managers, performance-makers and writers.
Guests outline their understanding of professional dramaturgy, and their approaches to their various roles and tasks as a dramaturg. In parallel, a theoretical framework is established through a series of seminars focused on readings and discussions on contemporary dramaturgical practices.
This organisational and theoretical knowledge will be applied in context as a dramaturg in rehearsals on a Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Theatre undergraduate production (or equivalent).
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- critically evaluate links between dramaturgical theory and current theatre practices;
- communicate a critical approach to dramaturgy orally and in writing;
- propose and evaluate applied dramaturgical approaches to text;
- create the relevant documents and materials required by a dramaturg in a production process;
- identify the key activities and processes used by a dramaturg to achieve a production's goals.
Generic skills
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Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Create and organise aesthetic material
- Use a range of research tools and methodologies
- Solve problems
- Lead others in the skills of problem solving
- Interpret and analyse
- Develop the capacity for critical thinking
- Work as a leader showing initiative and openness
- Work collaboratively
Last updated: 3 November 2022
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Individual presentation
| First half of the teaching period | 30% |
Critical analysis essay
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Process journal
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Alyson Campbell Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 84 hours comprising, 20-hours guest expert workshops, 24-hours of seminars, 40-hours of production meetings and rehearsals Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Katalin Trencsenyi and Bernadette Cochrane (eds) New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice, (London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2014).
Mary Luckhurst, Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Hans-Thies Lehmann, Postdramatic Theatre, (Abingdon & NY: Routledge, 2006)
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Dramaturgy
Last updated: 3 November 2022