SEL8679 : Craft: Theatre Script
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Zoe Cooper
- 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 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To extend and nuance the range of skills of students writing for performance and to encourage formal experimentation, while allowing students the 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 dramatic devices in order to develop their understanding of the tools and resources available to them as writers. Students will explore potential sources and resources, experiment with a variety of techniques, structures and forms, 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 | 16:30 | 16:30 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 3 | 0:30 | 1:30 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 160:00 | 160:00 | 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 | 1 | A | 100 | A 2,000 word (about 10 pages double spaced) self-contained short play, 1500 self reflective essay and 500 word synopsis of the play. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Students demonstrate acquisition of knowledge and skills, and further demonstrate their understanding of their own creative practice, through the submitted portfolio.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
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