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Completing this module, students should be able to:
- Identify and define key players, ideas, and works in theatre and activism
- Gain a broad knowledge of dramatic approaches to the topic and be able to write about these ideas
- Interpret the impact of activism in theatre works and in theatre-making
- Critically analyse performative/theatrical elements within activists’ approaches.
- Evaluate the efficacy and aims of activist theatre
- Acquire an understanding of how activism in theatre has changed and evolved
- Grasp some of the key dramatic techniques employed by activist playwrights
Indicative Module Content (subject to change):
Lecture Schedule:
Class 1: Introduction: Defining Activism and its Place in Theatre
Class 2: The Good Person of Szechwan: Brecht’s Mark on Political and Activist Theatre
Class 3: Waiting for Lefty: Labor Rights and Audience Engagement
Class 4: Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and its Lasting Impact
Class 5: 1960s Radical Theatre: Antiwar, Civil Rights, and Radical Approaches to Activism
Class 6: Seven: Women and Gender Rights Activism
Class 7: The Normal Heart: HIV/AIDS Activism and LGBTQ+ Rights
Class 8: Performing Activism: How Can We Be Effective Activists?
Class 9: The Exonerated: A Case Study about Capital Punishment and Theatre’s Influence on Politics
Class 10: Climate Change on Stage and Beyond
Class 11: Theatre Activism Within: Evaluating Efforts in Current Theatre Practices to Change Longstanding Inequities
Class 12: Review and Preparation for Exam
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Small Group | 12 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 76 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Composed of two 200 word responses over the semester that cover class readings and participation and involvment in tutoring session discussions and exercises. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Examination: End of semester exam comprised of multiple choice, matching, true/false, short answer, and longer essay questions. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 45 |
Essay: Midterm Essay - A 1000-1200 word critical essay that utilizes a student's original idea and contextualizes it against material covered so far in class. Due past week 7. | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
Feedback Written feedback will be provided to students individually throughout semester. Feedback on mid-term paper given within two weeks. End of term exam feedback will be offered in the post-assessment period.
Name | Role |
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Dr Jeanne Tiehen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lia Capotorto | Tutor |
Aikaterini Kaniamou | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |