Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Dramas (6ES508) THR September 2012 - June 2013
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Texts to buy 8 items
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Accidental death of an anarchist - , 1987, c19800413156109
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"Asinamali" - in - Woza Afrika!: an anthology of South African plays - 0807611697,0807611700
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Woza Albert! - , , 19830413530000
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Boesman and Lena: and other plays - 19800195701976
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"The Island" - in - Statements: two workshop productions0192113852
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Plays 1 - 19960571177433
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Harlem duet - 19971896239277
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Copyright Cleared Resources 1 item
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Weekly teaching schedule and recommended reading 19 items
Please note: These lists are given as a guide, It is important that you prepare for the lectures by reading selected articles, primary texts and some of the recommended secondary texts. Some extracts are available in your module handbook or on Blackboard.
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Week 1: Introduction and overview 1 item(a) Introduction to the module: rationale, organization, assessment, resources. Week 1 will be a general introduction to performance and resistance, and general discussion of the module. The Lecture will consider the nature of intercultural performance, theatre and resistance. It will also outline the delivery and assessment structure of the module. This lecture will address key theoretical concepts covered on the module. (b) Introduction to Dario Fo’s drama and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
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Accidental death of an anarchist - , 20030413773426
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Week 2: 3 itemsHow do European stage traditions persist in the twentieth/twenty-first century? A focus on Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist
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Accidental death of an anarchist - , 20030413773426
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Recommended reading 2 items
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"Dario Fo: Jester of the working class" - in - World Literature Today - 1998
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"Dario Fo: of funny mysteries and bleached bones" - in - Romance Languages Annual - 1998
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Week 3: Theatre and Apartheid 5 itemsIntroduction to Athol Fugard’s playwriting and Boesman and Lena
Introduction to Athol Fugard's playwriting and performance practice
Introduction to Boesman and Lena
The Lecture this week will examine resistance strategies in theatre, specifically, Fugard and the South African theatre under apartheid. We shall examine how and why playwrights adapt or rewrite the classics to talk back to the oppressors.
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Boesman and Lena - , 2000, 22/10/01 (video recording)
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Boesman and Lena: and other plays - 19800195701976
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"...No time for apartheid" Dancing free of the system in Athol Fugard's 'Boesman and Lena' - in - South African theatre as/and intervention - 19999042005378
Chapter This chapter is also available as a digitised reading from the Copyright Cleared Resources page.
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- Formative Assessment
You will critically assess the filmed performance of Fugard's Boesman and Lena, in order to clarify the key issues of intercultural performance and resistance addressed by the module.
Submission Date: Monday, 11 February
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- Summative Assessment
Begin to research topics for the presentation. You will be presenting the research in the seventh week of the class. You are advised to book tutorials to discuss your issues/topics. This presentation may involve a close analysis of a scene. You may choose a short passage from the play and developing a focused argument that relates the details of that passage to the play as a whole as well as the concerns of the module.
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Week 4: Fugard's The Island 3 itemsScreening of The Island Discussion of Fugard’s use of a classic to address issues of oppression
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"The Island" - in - Statements: two workshop productions0192113852
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Recommended reading 2 items
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"Sophocles in South Africa: Athol Fugard's 'The Island'" - in - Comparative Drama - 1984
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The dramatic art of Athol Fugard: from South Africa to the world - 20020253215048
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Week 5:Mbongeni Ngema's drama of resistance - Asinamali and Woza Albert 6 itemsFor Week Five view the video Sarafina on reserve in the Library. The lecture will focus on Asinamali. There will be an opportunity to look at the filmic version of the play.
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"Asinamali" - in - Woza Afrika!: an anthology of South African plays - 0807611697,0807611700
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Sarafina!: the sound of freedom - , 1994 (videorecording)
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Recommended reading 4 items
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"Theatre in transition: the cultural struggle in South Africa" - in - The Drama Review - 1991
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"The Drama of South Africa" - in - The drama of South Africa: plays, pageants and publics since 1910 - 0415179823,0415179831
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"The Drama of South Africa" - in - The drama of South Africa: plays, pageants and publics since 1910 -
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Week 6: Archival research and essay tutorials for final essay 0 items
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Week 7: Mbongeni Ngema's drama of resistance 0 items
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General Bibliography 45 items
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African theatre in development - , , 19990852555946,0852555997
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Theatre matters: performance and culture on the world stage - , 19980521630541,0521634431
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Theatre of the oppressed - 20080745328385,9780745328386
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Theatre of the oppressed - 2008 (electronic resource)
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On edge: performance at the end of the twentieth century - 19930819552674,0819562696
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Out from under: texts by women performance artists - 19901559360097
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A Boal companion: dialogues on theatre and cultural politics - , 20060415322936,0415322944,9780415322935,9780415322942
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Pedagogy of the oppressed - , 1996014025403X
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Boesman and Lena: and other plays - 19800195701976
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The Routledge reader in politics and performance - , 20000415174724,0415174732
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The politics of performance: radical theatre as cultural intervention - c19920415057620,0415057639
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Politics of Performance : Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention - , 1992 (electronic resource)
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The Intercultural performance reader - 1996041508153X,0415081548
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Nation and narration - 19900415014824,0415014832
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Imperialism and theatre: essays on world theatre, drama and performance - 19950415106400
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Imperialism and theatre: essays on world theatre, drama, and performance - 1995 (electronic resource)
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Modern African drama: backgrounds and criticism - 20020393975290
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Terrorism and modern drama - , 19900748601732,0748601953
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South African theatre as/and intervention - , 19999042005378
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Staging resistance: essays on political theater - , c19980472066714,0472096710
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The drama of South Africa: plays, pageants and publics since 1910 - 1999 (electronic resource)
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The drama of South Africa: plays, pageants and publics since 1910 - 19990415179823,0415179831
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Playing the Market: the Market Theatre, Johannesburg - 20029042013184
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New world modernisms: T.S. Eliot, Derek Walcott, and Kamau Brathwaite - 20040813922771,081392278X
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Re-framing the theatrical: interdisciplinary landscapes for performance - 20070230524656,9780230524651
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Analysing performance: a critical reader - 19960719042496,071904250X
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Post-colonial drama: theory, practice, politics - , 19960415090237,0415090245
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Post-colonial drama: theory, practice, politics - , , 1996 (electronic resource)
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Performance anxieties: staging psychoanalysis, staging race - 19970415916852,0415916860
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Let's get it on: the politics of black performance - , c19950905263642
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The future of ritual: writings on culture and performance - 19930415046890
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Harlem duet - 19971896239277
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"The Bacchae of Euripides" - in - Collected plays - 0192811363
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Plays - , , , , , 19960571177433
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Collaborative theatre: the Theatre du Soleil sourcebook - 19990415086051,041508606X
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Collaborative theatre: the Theatre du Soleil sourcebook - , 1999 (electronic resource)
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Peter Brook: a theatrical casebook - 19880413157008
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Journals 7 items
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Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
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Feminist review 1979
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