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PRFM3606: Approaches to Acting
2022 unit information
In this unit you will survey a range of acting practices from the seventeenth century to the present, and interrogate their truth claims in order to reveal the social, cultural and historical contingency of each approach. The unit invites you to examine how these different approaches to acting have been influenced by implicit theories of the human self.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Theatre and Performance Studies
| Code | PRFM3606 |
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| Academic unit | Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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PRFM2601 and PRFM2602 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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PRFM3022 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Discuss different approaches to acting in order to identify and distinguish their key features
- LO2. Analyse and compare different approaches of acting in order to determine the implicit theories that govern them
- LO3. Apply critical theory in order to analyse different approaches to acting.
- LO4. Critically engage with the work of your peers.
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