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DRAM20240

Academic Year 2026/2027

Performance Across the Globe (DRAM20240)

Subject:
Drama Studies
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Emma Bennett
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module considers performance in its global contexts. Utilising methodologies from both drama and performance studies, the class analyses historical and contemporary practices across contexts, expanding the ideas of what it means to study performance and what performance means across culture and time. The module explores notions of performance that are not textually centred and serve as memory for culture and heritage. It will also consider the migration and transformation of performance under globalisation, addressing both the possibilities and losses when doing so. The module will critically analyse issues of translation, adaptation, cultural appropriation, universality, and scholarship across borders.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Read and analyse play/performance texts for their literary, artistic, and performative values, as well as assessing how these values potentially redefine what students already understand about theatre and performance.

Contextualise performances within historical, geographic, political, and cultural milieus.

Encounter various techniques applied in performance, such as music, dance, singing, masks, makeup, costume, and puppetry.

Critique shortcomings in the global exchange of art and performance, including issues of translation, adaptation, gaps of scholarship, and cultural appropriation.

Indicative Module Content:

TBD

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

87
Lectures

11
Field Trip/External Visits

2
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a lecture based module exploring performance and theatre examples through discussion, reflective exercises, and other active learning methods. Time is given for Q&A.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): A Midterm Assignment that proposes original final paper plan through an MLA outline and includes reflection on the idea and how it correlates to material covered in the module. Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): A research paper based on proposed midterm MLA outline. Will include a short reflection discussing process and evolution of the work from the midterm. Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Reflective Assignment: Critical reflections to reading/lecture/discussion (3 xs, 250 words each) that are expected to be discussed in tutoring sessions the day after they are due. Week 3, Week 6, Week 10 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on shorter assessments will be provided within two weeks of submission. Feedback on Midterm Assignment will be given within two-three weeks of submission. Feedback on final essay be offered in the post-assessment period.

Brodie, Geraldine. The Translator on Stage, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Pizzato, Mark. Mapping Global Theatre Histories, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019.

Sanders, Julie. Adaptation and Appropriation, Routledge, 2016.

Westlake, E. J. World Theatre: The Basics, Routledge, 2017.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 14:00 - 14:50
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