Undergraduate Course: The Society of the Spectacle (ENLI10220)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines different kinds of theatres that declare political and social critique as their foremost reason of existence. The influence of predecessors like Russian Constructivism and Brecht will be studies. Also the sometimes tense, sometimes creative relationships between these directly political forms of theatre and other avant-garde forms will be examined. During the sixties and seventies the Alternative Theatre movement in Britain, French Situationists, the Happenings in the USA and Europe (Living Theatre, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Laurie Anderson) proposed new ways of relating spectacle to political action. Their legacy will be studied in its historical context as a source of influence on contemporary theatrical practitioners and performance artists. |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- to create a vocabulary for political theatre
- to be made aware of the debates on engagement and autonomy within modernism
- to develop a historical perspective on radical performance practices
- to highlight the specific historical contexts
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Assessment Information
1 course essay of 2,500 words (25%);
one examination essay of 3,000 words (75%). |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Olga Taxidou
Tel: (0131 6)50 3611
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Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
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