Performing Space and Place
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4385 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4385
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
In this pod students will consider how theatre and performance engage with concepts of place, space and spatiality. In doing so, students will draw on theoretical, practical and personal paradigms to understand how notions of place, space and site are represented, read, received and practiced within the context of theatre and performance. Beginning with definitions of place, space and performance students will then move onto applying these frameworks to the fictive world contained in the play text. From here students will explore how the architecture and specificity of site affect the reception of performance before considering the key elements and factors that distinguish the social and cultural characteristics of place and space in an age of globalism.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Drama and Performance, English Literature, and Modern and Contemporary Literature. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of how theatre and sites of performance engage with concepts of place and space using appropriate theoretical frameworks.
Perform close analysis of play texts and performance practices, explaining how features such as stage directions, semiotics and non-representational signs engender place, space and spatiality.
Demonstrate knowledge of how the performance of space and place have influenced culture and society, including the practice/reception of theatre and performance.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).