Teaching Responsibility
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LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
4602ATCD-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module aims to introduce students to the director's role in the creation of meaning with specific reference to theatre for social and political purpose.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recognise and discuss the impact of theatre with a social or political purpose in the 20th century.
2.
To identify and interpret the political, economic and social frameworks that surround theatre/drama practices and how these impact a director's choices.
3.
Recognise the key components of stage picturisation and incorporate these when directing a visual narrative.
4.
Demonstrate an ability to adapt an extant text using specific acting/directing styles.
5.
Demonstrate an ability to critique theatre working practices and creative processes.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Unit 1 Politics:
This unit will begin with a series of lecture/workshops focusing on the key performance movements/practitioners that influenced the contemporary spectrum of theatre for social and political purpose. Beginning with the use of theatre by various reform movements in the early 20th century, via the revolutionary period of political theatre in the 20s and 30s through to the counter culture of the 60s and 70s, the lecture/workshops will seek to explore each movement in terms of both theory and practical application, charting links to contemporary practice. In parallel, students will engage in a series of critical viewings of documentary and dramatic material that explore the social and political context of each movement.
Unit 2 Poetics:
In this unit students explore the aesthetic underpinning of stage picturisation including theories of composition, visual narrative and the application of Gestus.
Unit 3 Possibility:
This unit centres on a practical project in which students, in groups, adapt a well known novel to challenge the implicit inevitability of the text with a view to encouraging a critical response from the audience. Techniques will be drawn from a number of sources but will include a particular focus on Epic Theatre.
Unit 1 Politics:
This unit will begin with a series of lecture/workshops focusing on the key performance movements/practitioners that influenced the contemporary spectrum of theatre for social and political purpose. Beginning with the use of theatre by various reform movements in the early 20th century, via the revolutionary period of political theatre in the 20s and 30s through to the counter culture of the 60s and 70s, the lecture/workshops will seek to explore each movement in terms of both theory and practical application, charting links to contemporary practice. In parallel, students will engage in a series of critical viewings of documentary and dramatic material that explore the social and political context of each movement.
Unit 2 Poetics:
In this unit students explore the aesthetic underpinning of stage picturisation including theories of composition, visual narrative and the application of Gestus.
Unit 3 Possibility:
This unit centres on a practical project in which students, in groups, adapt a well known novel to challenge the implicit inevitability of the text with a view to encouraging a critical response from the audience. Techniques will be drawn from a number of sources but will include a particular focus on Epic Theatre.
Module Overview:
In this module students begin their journey as a director by exploring and applying techniques to create theatre for social or political impact. In addition, they hone their understanding of the directors role in creating visual narratives.
In this module students begin their journey as a director by exploring and applying techniques to create theatre for social or political impact. In addition, they hone their understanding of the directors role in creating visual narratives.