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 106-051 Performance in Contemporary Culture

Note

Formerly available as 106-276/376. Students who have completed 106-276/376 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Glenn D'cruz

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester

Subject Description

This subject involves the study of performance events across a wide range of institutional sites, which include theatre, film, carnival, television, sport, and dance. It provides an introduction to the emerging discipline of performance studies, and creates a framework for reading performances in terms of their impact on identity formations.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words, consisting of an essay of 1000 words and an essay of 3000 words, or an essay of 4000 words, or audiovisual/multi-media equivalent, as negotiated with subject coordinator.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • P Brown and The Workers' Cultural Action Committee, Aftershocks. Currency Press.
  • M Gow, Away.
  • D Williamson, The Club.
  • Q Tarantino, Pulp Fiction. (screenplay) Faber and Faber.
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