301075 (v.3) Gender Studies 393-1- Gender and Performance

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Area:	Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Aspects of gender studies - theatrical history, genres, movement and texts. Study of drama as a genre, focusing on selected texts from various periods. The theory, structure and history of the genre will be studied in the context of drama as performance and institution within larger cultural formations.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit, students will have- An understanding of why and how performance has become a central metaphor in Western culture. Analysed how performance has been used to deconstruct dominant modes of representation. Knowledge of study performance conventions, their use of real and imagined spaces, and the role of spectators in creating performance events. Analysed how theatre takes place in active interplay with cultures and communities.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Gibaldi, Joseph. (1999), MLA handbook for writers of research papers (fifth edition). New York, Modern Language Association of America. Gurr, Andrew. (1987), Playgoing in Shakespeare's London. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Holderness, Graham. (ed.) (1992), The Politics of Theatre and Drama. London, Macmillan. Keyssar, Helene. (ed.) (1996), Feminist Theatre and Theory. New York, St. Martin's Press. Needle, Jan. and Thomson, Peter. (1981), Brecht. Oxford, Blackwell.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y