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- Students will be able to situate the selected documentary performances in their cultural, political, and historical context.
- Students will be able to distinguish the variety of ways documentary theatre has adapted in its approach to acting and staging facts.
- Students will develop a nuanced appreciation of the various aims and objectives of Documentary Theatre in the 20th and 21st century and understand the influence of media and technology in the development of the form.
- Students will understand the various ways documentary theatre and performance facilitates a sense of community, citizenship and participation in the public sphere and the ethical dilemmas of this praxis.
- Students will be able to derive and produce organised, coherent, and critically engaged practical and written and/or oral work about Documentary theatre and performance.
Week 1. Documentary Theatre - Challenges, Limitations and Potential Developments
Week 2. Memory Matters-Namibia Themba Mbuli and Unmute Sold! (2016)
Week 3. Holocaust- Aviva Pelham Santa’s Story (2012)
Week 4. Apartheid- Mbongeni Ngema Sarafina! (1987)
Week 5. Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa Nothing But the Truth John Kani (2002)
Week 6. Midterm Presentation
Week 7. Xenophobia and Race- Gina Shmukler The Line (2012)
Week 8. Migration- Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala The Crossing (2008)
Week 9. Prison and Justice in Zimbabwe Lloyd Nyikadzino, Cadrick Msongelwa and Ronald Sigeca Zandezi! (2018)
Week 10. Student Activism- Ameera Conrad et al The Fall (2017)
Week 11: Revision
Week 12: Final essay
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Studio | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 28 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: We will explore documentary theatre both critically, and creatively. The final essay will build on the analysis we make of the case studies we examine in class | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 45 |
Group Project: Students will create and/devise a documentary theatre performance, based on research and performance techniques acquired. The subject matter will be chosen in consultation with the ModuleCoordinator | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 45 |
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment (Attendance and contribution): 10% |
Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Students will be guided and assessed to ensure that they master core and secondary module skills. These include communication skills, improving student learning and performance, information technology, personal development and career planning, problem solving, research skills, teamwork, and subject specific skills. Individual feedback will be offered prior to the summative assessment to ensure that students write and clearly articulate ideas and analysis in written and oral assessments. Through guided and independent research; tutor feedback on written work and oral presentations in class; interaction with peers during seminar presentations; developing time/work management skills; reflecting upon presentational skills and other written work students will improve their own learning and performance. Group feedback will be offered after the Midterm Presentation and Final Essays. These tasks will equip students with critical thinking, problem solving and research skills. This will be assessed through by critical engagement (verbal and written) with intellectual concepts raised by plays and their context.
Name | Role |
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Dr Pedzisai Maedza | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Jeanne Tiehen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Michelle Andressa Alvarenga de Souza | Tutor |
Darren Brennan | Tutor |