| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Critical Studies In Theatre 2 |
| Unit ID: | PAATC1002 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 100103 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Students will learn about the development of the performing arts in Australia from colonial times to the present. Students will reflect upon larger histories and cultural forces at work in society as they are expressed in theatre and performance. Students will consider their own place as self-reflexive artists, located in Australia and in an increasingly globalised world. They will work to develop a critical language around theatre and performance and to apply this to live performance and to their own practice. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | |  | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify key developments of theatre from colonial times in Australia to the present. |
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| K2. | Explain the relationship between myth and culture and how that relates to performing arts in Australia and the role theatre plays in this. |
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| K3. | Understand the role of the performing artists in Australian society. |
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| K4. | Interpret how meaning is constructed in live performance. |
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| K5. | Identify key artists and movements relating to the performing arts in Australia |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate research skills relevant to studio practice and to analytical research. |
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| S2. | Practice verbal, written and performance based presentation practices. |
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| S3. | Show individual, self-organisational work practices. |
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| S4. | Encourage collaborative and co-operative work practices. |
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| S5. | Demonstrate an understanding of critical language relating to analysis of live theatre. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply a language of critical analysis to live performance |
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| A2. | Identify key artists and movements relating to the performing arts in Australia. |
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| A3. | Apply dramaturgical thinking to the study of theatre and performance |
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| A4. | Evaluate the significance of performance history to current creative practice. |
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| A5. | Contextualise practical learning and aesthetic production, including project work. |
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| Unit Content: |
•The development of the performing arts in Australian culture from colonial times to the present.
•The role of theatre and music theatre in Australian society
•Significant practitioners (writers, performers, producers, choreographers, designers, composers etc) and the contribution they have made to the culture as a whole.
•Indigenous artists and their contributions to Australian culture
•Migrant cultures and the effect they have had on the performing arts.
•Roland Barthes’ notions of myth and culture as they apply to performing arts
•Critical and performative languages around performance practice in Australia
•Practical exploration of scenes and scenework |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | S1, K3, A1, K1, A2 | Essay based on research and on live performance: Research, critical analysis; referencing and writing skills | Research Essay | 20-40% | | 2. | K1, S3, A3, A4, K5, S5, A5 | Final presentation: scene work and exegesis | Scene work and presented exegesis | 20-40% | | 3. | K3, S4, A3 | Workshop participation and class attendance | Class engagement | 10-20% | | 4. | K2, A4, K4, S3, S4, S2 | Class presentation | Class presentation and group work | 20-30% |
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