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ENGL2669: Australian Stage and Screen
2020 unit information
Australian theatre and cinema have lively, at times intersecting, histories, and have played significant roles at both national and international levels, from the depiction of various local 'types' on stage and screen, to the work of Australian actors, directors and cinematographers overseas. This unit examines selected plays and films over the last century or so through a number of thematic focuses, including: race, gender and national identity; comic traditions; Australia and the world; modernity and innovation.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
| Code | ENGL2669 |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Australian Literature or 12 credit points at 1000 level in English Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ASLT2616 Australian Stage & Screen |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a knowledge of theatre and cinema in Australia, their respective histories, and some of the relationships between them.
- LO2. analyse performance texts, their genres and technologies through practical application of appropriate critical methodologies.
- LO3. discuss, in an enhanced way, the visual and performative aspects of stage and screen texts in relation to their verbal elements.
- LO4. better understand the changing roles of nationality, race and gender as these have been represented in Australian plays and films, and received by audiences, both here and overseas
- LO5. evince autonomous learning skills through both oral and written assessment tasks that involve independent reading and research.
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