DRAM10070 Early Irish Theatre Movement

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module will examine plays from the early twentieth century which led to the foundation of an Irish national theatre. Individual texts by the following authors will be considered: W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey. Attention will be paid to the aims of the founders, the dramaturgic innovations of the movement, but also to the reality they encountered in their reception, to the political and social conditions in which the plays were first performed. The course will also ask the students to consider the contemporary relevance of the work, how these plays might translate into the 21st century.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes are as follows:(1) To arrive at an informed knowledge of many of the key texts of the Early Irish Theatre Movement;(2) To understand the differences as well as the similarities in the dramatic, social and political aims of the founders;(3) To have an informed historical understanding of the cultural and political forces operating at the time of the plays' original productions;(4) To have considered the resonances of these plays in the present moment;(5) To produce a critcal assessment of the work or one or two of these playwrights, showing distinctly what they contributed.

Indicative Module Content:

Week One 1/24 Introduction (Clara Mallon and Fiona Charleton)

Week Two 1/31Yeats and Lady Gregory Cathleen Ni Houlihan (Fiona Charleton)

Week Three 2/7 J.M Synge Riders to the Sea (Clara Mallon)

Week Four 2/14, Lady Gregory, The Gaol Gate, The Workhouse Ward (Fiona Charleton)

Week Five 2/21 J.M. Synge, The Playboy of the Western World; (Clara Mallon)

Week Six 2/28 George Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island (Clara Mallon)
(IMPORTANT: Midterm in-class report. Please see questions in Assignment tab on Blackboard)

Week Seven 3/7 W.B. Yeats, At the Hawk’s Well (Fiona Charleton)

READING WEEK (3/9 – 3/26)

Week Ten 3/28 Sean O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock (Fiona Charleton)

Week Eleven 4/4 W.B. Yeats, Purgatory (Clara Mallon)

Week Twelve 4/11 Teresa Deevy Katie Roche (Fiona Charleton)

Week Thirteen 4/18 Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape (Clara Mallon)

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11
Small Group

8
Specified Learning Activities

81
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Weekly Lecture
Weekly Small Group Teaching
Possible Theatre Visit
Possible Venue Tour
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
DRAM20140 - Early Irish Theatre Movement


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Final Essay Week 12 n/a Graded No

75
Continuous Assessment: Contributions to SGT Unspecified n/a Graded No

10
Project: Mid term assessment Week 7 n/a Graded No

15

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will get feedback on their mid-semeste assessment within two weeks of submission of the work.

Week One 1/24 Introduction (Clara Mallon and Fiona Charleton)

Week Two 1/31Yeats and Lady Gregory Cathleen Ni Houlihan (Fiona Charleton)

Week Three 2/7 J.M Synge Riders to the Sea (Clara Mallon)

Week Four 2/14, Lady Gregory, The Gaol Gate, The Workhouse Ward (Fiona Charleton)

Week Five 2/21 J.M. Synge, The Playboy of the Western World; (Clara Mallon)

Week Six 2/28 George Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island (Clara Mallon)
(IMPORTANT: Midterm in-class report. Please see questions in Assignment tab on Blackboard)

Week Seven 3/7 W.B. Yeats, At the Hawk’s Well (Fiona Charleton)

READING WEEK (3/9 – 3/26)

Week Ten 3/28 Sean O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock (Fiona Charleton)

Week Eleven 4/4 W.B. Yeats, Purgatory (Clara Mallon)

Week Twelve 4/11 Teresa Deevy Katie Roche (Fiona Charleton)

Week Thirteen 4/18 Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape (Clara Mallon)

Name Role
Ms Fiona Charleton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Clara Mallon Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Fiona Charleton Tutor