Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI British Theatre
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Drama and Theatre Arts
Module Code	10 29000
Module Lead	Professor Graham Saunders
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	The module aims: to introduce students to major developments within British theatre writing and theatrical practice from 1945 to the present; to extend students' awareness of the ways in which theatre practice may be related to historical, social and cultural contexts; and to enhance skills of critical analysis, informed by appropriate critical frameworks, of both play scripts and theatre performances. Dependent on tutor’s approach, the module will either take an approach based on a theme in order to encompass the period from 1945 to the present e.g, nationhood, politics, realism / experiment; or, look in detail at a particular decade or movement e.g drama from 1979 to 1990, ‘the angry young men’, ‘In-Yer-Face’ drama.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate in written assignments a critical understanding of a range of different practices from British theatre in the period since 1945 Relate play texts and theatrical practices to wider social, cultural and political movements, e.g. feminism Analyse the complex relationships between individual play texts/productions and the wider theatrical movements, forms and genres, to which they have been connected Identify some of the main relationships between theatre practices and the institutional contexts in which they occur.
Assessment	29000-01 : Essay 3500 words : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 3,500-word essay Reassessment: 3,500-word essay (100%)
Other	None
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