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Unit of Study ENG00407 - Writing for Performance (2018)

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Unit description

Gives students a practical and experiential introduction to a broad range of performance writing practices, dramaturgy techniques and theories of performance. Develops students' writing based on a practical experience of methods, approaches and styles relating to writing for live performance.

Unit content

Introduction

The Empty Space

Ingredients of Performance

Staging the Gaze

Planning Your Script

The Shape of Things

Theatre and the Community

Writing in Collaboration

Politics and Performance

Other Modes of Performance Writing

From Script to Performance

Critical Review in Scriptwriting

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 3 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 articulate the differences between writing for the page and writing for the performing body
2 demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between theatre and community
3 identify the basic aspects of script structure
4 demonstrate practical skills in writing for performance
5 critically analyse a range of approaches to writing for performance.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. articulate the differences between writing for the page and writing for the performing body
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between theatre and community
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. identify the basic aspects of script structure
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. demonstrate practical skills in writing for performance
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. critically analyse a range of approaches to writing for performance.
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    • GA4:

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