Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Schools

English, Media, ArtHist, History,Philos,Religion&Class

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

1L 2T

Incompatible

ANCH2010

Prerequisite

DRAM1010

Assessment methods

Essays, tutorial worksheets, participation and attendance

Course enquiries

Dr D Looser & Dr A Brown

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

This course offers students the opportunity to study the origins of Western theatre in the drama of Ancient Greece and Rome. The course will provide students with a detailed knowledge of the social and economic organisation of these classical cultures in order to better appreciate the centrality of live theatre performance to the city states of Athens and Rome. We will explore theatre architecture, genre and cross-cultural influences between these two major civilisations in order to provide students with a rigorous working knowledge of this vital foundation of the western theatre canon. Students will then be encouraged to engage with theatre that references, reinterprets or adapts this classical theatre in order to read contemporary theatre practice from a more deeply informed knowledge base.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile