Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Contextual and Critical Studies 3
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Urdang Academy
Module Code	09 35058
Module Lead	Naomi Barber
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
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Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-11 hours Seminar-11 hours Tutorial-20 hours Guided independent study-58 hours Total: 100 hours
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Description	Contextual and Critical Studies 3 builds upon the historical studies in dance and musical theatre during the first year. It will introduce a range of key concepts and theories in performance studies focusing on the critical analysis of a theatrical work in a variety of different contexts. The module will engage with varying cultural and critical theories, which may include gender, sexuality, race, environment, and approaches to the analysis of performance work drawn from, for example, historicist, semiotic and narrative studies. The work studied in this module lays the theoretical foundation necessary for students to move onto the dissertation in the final year of study.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and awareness of the key debates in cultural and performance studies applicable to the analysis of performance; Identify and apply selected cultural and critical theories to comprehensive analysis of selected performance works; Interpret and evaluate performance works from a range of critical perspectives utilising the appropriate subject terminology.
Assessment	35058-01 : Performance Culture 2000 Word Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Submission of 2000-word Essay (100%). Reassessment: Submission of 2,000-word Essay (100%).
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