AustLit
Texts
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Don Wilmeth and Christopher Bigsby. The Cambridge history of American theatre
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y Contemporary Australian Plays London : Methuen , 2001 Z869352 2001 anthology drama musical theatre (taught in 1 units)
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y Playing with Ideas : Australian Women Playwrights from the Suffragettes to the Sixties Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 1999 Z370667 1999 selected work criticism (taught in 1 units)
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y Companion to Theatre in Australia Philip Parsons (editor), Paddington : Currency Press Cambridge University Press , 1995 Z96168 1995 reference criticism biography (taught in 1 units)
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y See How It Runs : Nimrod and the New Wave Sydney : Currency Press , 2002 Z964501 2002 single work criticism (taught in 1 units)
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y Workers' Playtime: Theatre and the Labour Movement Since 1970 Sydney : Currency Press , 2001 Z1536491 2001 single work prose (taught in 1 units)
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Richard Eyre ans Nicholas Wright. Changing Stages : A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century.
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Peter Brooks. The Empty Space.
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y Entertaining Australia : An Illustrated History Katharine Brisbane (editor), Sydney : Currency Press , 1991 Z153014 1991 anthology criticism prose (taught in 5 units)
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y Griefbox and Other Plays Applecross : Salt Publishing , 2001 Z1336094 2001 selected work drama (taught in 1 units)
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Antonin Artaud. The Theatre and its Double.
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y Performing the UnNameable : An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts Richard James Allen (editor), Karen Pearlman (editor), Sydney : Currency Press Real Time , 1999 Z856792 1999 anthology drama poetry extract (taught in 1 units)
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Sam Smiley. Playwriting : The Structure of Action.
Degrees
Description
This unit will offer the student an opportunity to develop an existing strength in writing drama. The work of established writers in the genre will be the starting point for the workshops in which students will be encouraged to explore a range of subjects and styles in the development of their own writing. There will be an emphasis on twentieth century and contemporary, English-language drama, and, within that, on current Australian playwriting.
UNIT CONTENT
- Research published plays and historical and critical commentary, with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- Playwriting skills.
- Academic essay writing skills and conventions.
- Role-playing and workshopping of students' plays.
- Teamwork and peer evaluation skills.
- Creative arts research.
Assessment
Grading Schema 1
On campus assessment:
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
Completed play 50%
Analytical essay 30%
Workshop participation 20%