Course description
In Drama you will engage in theatre and performance work that truly integrates practice and theory, and will be fully involved in theatre productions throughout the course. The culture of the department is one of hard work, fun, collaboration, investigation and exploration. You wil be part of a creative community that has its base in the department and extends through the region and beyond, both nationally and internationally. Huddersfield boasts one of the best-resourced Drama departments in Europe with architecturally spectacular and supremely flexible performance spaces, which provide an inspiring working environment. Two of our theatre spaces are venues for nationally touring theatre/performance companies, thus providing a rich diet of cultural experiences. In addition to this we are geographically well-placed to take advantage of the wealth of performance activity available in Leeds, Manchester and the surrounding regions.
Course Structure
Foundation Level
Drama
Introduction to Process and Performance
Introduction to Writing for Performance or
Introduction to Theatre Technology and Design or
Introduction to Workshop Practice
Models and Theories of Performance Practice
English
Either Language modules:
Introduction to Describing English
Introduction to Stylistics
English in Context
or Literature modules:
Approaches to Literature
Introduction to Narrative: Literature and Film
Poetry and Drama
Intermediate Level
Drama - possible options include:
Studies in Process and Performance
Acting and Performing
Period Study
Drama and Communities
Text in Contemporary Performance
Writing for Performance
Directing for Performance
Theatre Design and Technology
Workshop Practice
Playwrights and Methologies
Stand-up Comedy
English
Modules in Language include:
Sociolinguistics
Child Language
Acquisition
Conversational Analysis
Stylistics of Narrative or Poetry or Dramatic texts.
Modules in Literature include:
Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory
Victorian Issues
20th Century Fiction
18th Century Literature,
Renaissance and Revolutions: English Literature 1580-1700
Honours Level
Drama
Perspectives on Contemporary Performance
Process and Performance
English
Language module choices include:
Language and Power
Metaphor
Pragmatics
The Language of Humour
Bilingualism.
Literature module choices include:
City Narratives
Renaissance Drama
The Rise of the Novel, British Romanticism
Women´s Writing.
