Undergraduate Course: Bertolt Brecht (Ordinary) (ELCG09007)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Brecht was one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and theatre directors. He was equally at home with drama, theatre practice and poetry, and he contributed energetically to contemporary political and aesthetic debates. This course focuses on plays that Brecht wrote in the 1920s and 1930s, but we will also look at selected poems, including their musical settings, and essays on theatre and politics. There will be optional film screenings of some of Brecht's own productions, which show how epic theatre worked in practice.
When analysing the plays, we will consider how Brecht responded to different political and cultural contexts during the Weimar Republic and his years in exile, and how he came to channel his rebellion against conventional bourgeois theatre into the development of a new theatrical aesthetic. The plays themselves deal, often in contrasting ways, with issues such as identity, political commitment, motherhood, religion and war. We shall consider these themes alongside current critical debates on epic theatre and the status of Brecht's oeuvre since the collapse of state Socialism in Eastern Europe. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting Students should be enrolled on the SCQF Level 9 course variant. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 5 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 Coursework essay 2- 2,500 words (50%)
1 Examination 1 hr 30 minutes (50%) |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and significance of Brecht's theatrical experimentation and the development of epic theatre;
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the continuities and changes in Brecht's work, and of how they relate to the contexts in which he was working;
- Show a sound awareness of the significance of Brecht's plays as texts written for stage performance, i.e. show an understanding of their theatricality;
- Research and produce clear, complex essays, which develop arguments both critically and systematically with the use of relevant emphases, subsidiary points, and examples;
- Demonstrate well-honed communication, presentation and interaction skills across a range of media and circumstances, both formal and informal, for lay and specialised audiences.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Laura Bradley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3634
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Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
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