Aspects of Theatre and Performance History - MEFT3300
 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 72 units of credit
 
 
Excluded: THFI3900
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Introduces students to ways of investigating and interpreting the theatrical and performance past. Analyses performance evidence and representations as well as history texts and historiographical theories. Topics include: documentary evidence and iconography, periodisation, historiography and historicisation, biography and autobiography, social history and the performing body, and performance history and methodology from fields such as gender and postcolonial studies.


Learning Outcomes


By the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of key historiographical concepts and debates
  • Accurately describe and appropriately use historical evidence relevant to the examples of theatre and performance phenomena used in the course
  • Discuss the relationship between evidence from a performance phenomenon (scripts, lists, designs, objects etc.) and its social context
  • Describe and employ one or more methodologies used by performance historians
  • Consider the partisan and historically specific nature of representations (history books, biographies, interviews, photos, documentaries, etc.) of the theatrical and performance past
  • Engage more confidently in self-directing learning activities, such as group Exhibit projects and self-devised essay titles.

Assessment


  • Group exhibit project (Grade informed by self-evaluation and peer review) - 40%
  • Research blog - 10%
  • Essay (2500 words) - 40%
  • Participation - 10%