EN5105
Writing for Performance 1
2017-2018
40
20
SCQF level 11
1
Academic year(s): 2017-2018
SCOTCAT credits : 40
ECTS credits : 20
Level : SCQF level 11
Semester: 1
Availability restrictions: Available only to students on MLitt /MFA in Creative Writing (Writing for Performance)
Planned timetable:
This module is designed to introduce key playwriting skills as well as writing for younger audiences and radio. There will be focus on new writing, and a particular emphasis on Scottish work and its place within contemporary theatre practice. Seminars will explore technical aspects of playwriting such as setting, character, and dialogue; in addition they will examine how playwrights challenge their audience. There is a growing audience for theatre for children, and the module will look at key practitioners in this area; in 'writing for radio', it will also address the techniques involved in writing for a mass audience. Teaching will be by a) one two hour seminar per week and b) one dramaturgical workshop per week.
Weekly contact: 1 seminar, 1 workshop, 2-hours radio/audio listening, and 1 optional consultative hour
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment: One new submission equivalent in length and nature to the failed piece of coursework. The piece submitted for reassessment must be entirely new work.