CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 7

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Planned timetable

1.00 pm

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Module coordinator

Dr M A Crozier

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module introduces students to the study of Comparative Literature through plays written in the twentieth and twenty-first century from Germany, Iran, Italy, Russia, Spain, the Caribbean, China and the UK. All the texts will be read in English translation. The aim of the module is to introduce students to a representative and canonical range of fictional works, with focus on one literary genre - drama - and one over-arching theme. The theme will change depending on staff availability, but for the immediate future will be 'Staging the Political'. Lecturers, seminar leaders and secondary criticism will all model a variety of comparative approaches for students and promote discussion of the discipline and potential directions for further study at sub-honours and honours degree level.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures (x 11 weeks ); 1 tutorial (x 11 weeks). It is hoped that tutorials can be delivered in-person.

Scheduled learning hours

44

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

156

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.