University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: Wednesday 12-2pm

This module introduces students to dramatic texts representing key movements, styles and approaches in post-war British and Irish theatre. We will study the plays in their original contexts, with particular focus on the contributions they made to the cultural and political debates of their times. We will also consider these texts? legacies within contemporary discourses of theatrical performance. (Group E)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass EN2003 and pass EN2004

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 lecture and 1 seminar, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours: 20

Guided independent study hours: 280

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%


Re-assessment: exam = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr J S F Haddow
Module teaching staff: Dr S Haddow
Module coordinator email jsfh@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• Demonstrate familiarity with British theatrical history of the twentieth century.
• Demonstrate a sense of the complexity that surrounds the concepts of British and Irish theatres.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of matters of dramatic principle and theatrical practice.
• Demonstrate an ability to correlate visual and verbal aspects of the theatrical experience.
• Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of performance and an ability to describe and analyse both performances and texts.
• Demonstrate an awareness of at least some of the following topics: the relationship between performance and printed text; the format and functions of stage directions; Brechtian epic theatre; theatrical conventions (such as the use and significance of stage lighting); and recent developments in theatrical, dramatic, dramaturgical, and directorial practice, criticism and theory.