TH2420 - Australian Theatre 2B

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Practical studies of plays and the subsequent realisation of the performance text are the content areas. Throughout the subject, theory is combined with practice in a physical exploration of the performance properties of texts. Analysis of selected Australian plays will be developed in workshop and seminar sessions.

Learning Outcomes

• to apply skills in the analysis and interpretation of selected texts as blueprints for performance;
• to demonstrate an understanding of selected playwrights within an historical/contemporary context;
• to translate intellectual discovery into stage action by exploring physical ways of dealing with text.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

TH2935 and TH2945

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	jc138002
Lecturer:	art-bjk2.
Contact hours:	20 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (20%); (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.