SEL8507 : Writing Workshop: Script
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Alex Pheby
- Owning School: English Lit, Language & Linguistics
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To extend and nuance students use of theatre craft when writing for the theatrical stage. To provide students with a framework in which to reflect critically and creatively on their own and other people’s writing.
Outline Of Syllabus
Over the course of taught sessions and scheduled individual tutorials, students will look at a range of theatre scripts in order to develop their understanding of the tools and resources available to them as writers for the stage. Students will explore potential sources and resources, experiment with structure, form and character amongst other things and have the chance to move towards developing their work in response to seminars, tutorials, and independent study and practice.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 170:00 | 170:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | 3 x 1 hour discussion group of the three plays viewed. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 3 | 2:00 | 6:00 | 3 x plays to watch in person or online through a 3rd party platform. Synchronously or asynchronously |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 2 | 0:30 | 1:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Through close reading, discussion, writing exercises, and feedback received in seminars and tutorials, students will apply their knowledge of a range of forms and techniques to their own writing practice. They will incorporate the skills of revision, self-evaluation, and selection into the preparation of their final creative portfolio.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 2 | A | 100 | 2,000 word short self-contained play, a synopsis of 500 words of that play, and 1500 word essay. No more than 4000 words total. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Students demonstrate acquisition of knowledge and skills through the submission of their creative work and further demonstrate their understanding of their own creative practice through the accompanying essay.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- SEL8507's Timetable