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Aspects of Theatre and Performance History - ARTS3126
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: School of English, Media and Performing Arts Courses
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a major or minor in Theatre and Performance Studies and 72 uoc overall including 12 uoc at Level 2 in the major or minor
 
 
Equivalent: MEFT3300
 
 
Excluded: THFI3900
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Subject Area: Theatre and Performance Studies

ARTS3126 introduces ways of investigating and interpreting the theatrical and performance past. It presents methods for analyzing performance evidence and representations as well as history texts and historiographical theories. Topics may include: documentary evidence and iconography, periodization, historiography and historicization, biography and autobiography, social history and the performing body, and performance history and methodology from fields such as cultural and gender studies.

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