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By the end of this module, students will have:
- written critically about a range of concepts including traumatic memory and witnessing
- engaged creatively with the idea of voice and narrative
- considered the ethical implications of giving testimony about painful pasts
- written an extended critical essay
This module will ask students to focus in depth on a limited number of primary texts and to consider these texts in light of core critical readings. Both primary and secondary reading are important and students must come to class prepared.
Plays may include (tbc):
No Escape, by Mary Raftery, a documentary play based on the Ryan Report on child abuse in Ireland
Death and the Maiden, by Ariel Dorfman, a fictional play about the Chilean post-dictatorship truth commission
Ubu and the Truth Commission by Jane Taylor, a fictional play about the South African truth commission
Twilight, Los Angeles, by Anna Deavere Smith, a one-woman verbatim play about the riots following the LA police beating of Rodney King
The Walworth Farce, by Enda Walsh, a fictional and farcical play about a family’s response to trauma
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 76 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Your final essay is a comparative essay, which will require you to engage with two plays on the course, using the critical concepts and readings we have studied. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Assignment: Bibliographic exercise | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Assignment: A 400-word analysis of a short (max 3 page) scene from one of the plays on the course | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Continuous Assessment: Continuous assessment will include attendance and contribution | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Presentation: One in-class presentation on the critical reading about the play, with the written version submitted to Brightspace | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
For all continuous-assessment and end-of-trimester assignments posted on Brightspace (writing exercises, essay plans etc) students will receive feedback in the Brightspace comments function. Students can also use my office hours for follow-up discussion.