ENG30450 Theatres of War

Academic Year 2018/2019

This course will examine how theatre - playwrights, directors, actors and audiences - have engaged with representing and staging war in the 20th and 21st centuries.

This is a challenging course that includes work on trauma, war, avant-garde theatre and social change.

Plays will be situated in their original context and related to the development of modern drama. Each week we will read and discuss an individual play or look at the work of important theatre practitioners.

PLEASE NOTE that the School of English, Drama and Film reserves the right to withdraw modules in the period up to and including the first week of the teaching semester.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module, students will:
Be familiar with the sense of a play as both a text and a live, collaborative event.
Have a knowledge of landmark plays and theatre companies of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
Be able to participate in discussion (in class and online).
Be able to write critically about a range of playwrights and texts, and be able to engage critically with a range of concepts of writing, staging and representing war.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

52
Total

100
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Before registering for this module, students must have completed TWO of the Level 2 modules listed.

Learning Recommendations:

ENG20420 Twentieth-Century Litearture: from Naturalism to Postmodernity



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Essay: Essay of 3,000 words

75

 Coursework (End of Trimester)
Continuous Assessment: Attendance and contribution

25

 Varies over the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

Students who fail this module will need to repeat or resit the module depending on the availability of the module in the following semester. If you have failed, please contact the Academic Support Officer for information on how to remediate the module. If you are taking this module as an option or an elective, you may be able to substitute another module. Check with your Programme Office if this is possible.