TH2410 - Australian Theatre

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Theatre

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

• exploration of physical ways of dealing with text translating intellectual discovery into stage action by synthesizing narrative style with characterization;
• applied skills in the analysis and interpretation of selected texts as blueprints for performance in leading seminars demonstrating an understanding of selected playwrights within an historical/ contemporary context;
• demonstrated skills in analyzing selected plays and playwrights within a social, political and historical/contemporary context.

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;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	art-bjk2.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures
Assessment:	presentations (40%); weekly tasks (20%) (20%); essays (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.