Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module examines the development of Irish drama and theatre practice from the eighteenth century to the present day. It is a course concerned with the interplay of text and performance, and with the ways in which theatre is shaped by the world around it. Through a number of interpretative lenses (concerned with nationalism, identity, class, gender, economics) students are introduced to the idea of a distinctly ‘Irish drama’ and the key critical narratives that have been borne of this idea. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Understand the development of a distinctly Irish drama 2. Perform comparative and close analyses of a range of plays and theatrical styles 3. Discuss the significance of theatre in cultural and political terms 4. Relate Irish drama to historical developments 5. Examine the role of drama in exploring key issues such as gender, class, globalisation, postcolonialism. 6. Develop an understanding of performance praxis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Sheridan and the idea of ‘Irish Theatre’Boucicault and sensation dramaPolitical MelodramaGB ShawCultural nationalism and performanceOscar Wilde – performing identityFounding of the AbbeyFounding of the Ulster Literary TheatreEarly Yeats and Lady Gregory – performing mythJ.M. Synge and the peasant playSean O’Casey and the counter revivalStaging the NorthContemporary Irish drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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