Postgraduate Course: Traditional Drama (SCET11002)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in traditional drama. The Nordic countries have embarked on a large-scale project to archive and interpret extant traditions, an initiative which includes Orkney and Shetland. A project with similar aims is underway in Ireland, whilst at the University of Sheffield the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition has established itself as the leading English centre for research into the subject. This course provides the opportunity to examine the traditional drama of Scotland in its wider context. We have significant holdings of audio and visual material on the seasonal folk drama 'Galoshins', collected, archived and interpreted over many years by academic staff, notably Dr Emily Lyle. This course is jointly taught with undergraduate students. PG students will receive at least one additional session of lecturer time in the form of a seminar or tutorial.
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Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

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Learning Outcomes
Expertise in areas of traditional drama from earliest sources to modern period; awareness of range and variety of approaches to studying drama and knowledge of a substantial number of critical texts from different periods of the life of the drama; knowledge of linguistic, literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which traditional drama is performed and studied; knowledge of useful and precise critical terminology; skill in close reading and analysis of transcripts and of performance feature.