UNSW Handbook Course - Theatres of Cruelty: Performance and Transgression

Theatres of Cruelty: Performance and Transgression - THFI2011


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Media, Film and Theatre
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: DANC1103 or FILM1101 or PFST1103 or THFI1002 or THST1101 or 48 units of credit in credit in Arts and Social Sciences.
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Madness, violence, perversion, passion, eroticism, addiction - this course looks at the interaction between theatre, society and subjectivity at their limits. Examines extreme representations and excluded behaviours in twentieth century theatre and contemporary culture, with a particular focus on the legacy of Surrealism.

Note: Students are advised that some of the material studied in this course may shock or offend.

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