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301075 (v.3) Gender Studies 393-1- Gender and Performance
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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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