Aims of the course:
1. To introduce students to the art of dramatic writing for performance.
2. To examine and interpret the dramatic stories, characters, situations, devices and dialogue used in a range of play texts.
3. To encourage and guide students' own experiments in playwriting through practical writing exercises and critical feedback.
Course content overview:
- This course will explore the nature, purpose and features of dramatic writing.
- Students will examine and interpret dramatic stories, characters and situations.
- The course will focus on dramatic dialogue and devices
Schedule (this course is completed entirely online):
Orientation Week: 19-25 October 2020
Teaching Weeks: 26 October-29 November 2020
Feedback Week: 30 November-6 December 2020
Each week of an online course is roughly equivalent to 2-3 hours of classroom time. On top of this, participants should expect to spend roughly 2-3 hours reading material, etc., although this will vary from person to person.
While they have a specific start and end date and will follow a weekly schedule (for example, week 1 will cover topic A, week 2 will cover topic B), our tutor-led online courses are designed to be flexible and as such would normally not require participants to be online for a specific day of the week or time of the day (although some tutors may try to schedule times where participants can be online together for web seminars, which will be recorded so that those who are unable to be online at certain times are able to access material).
Unless otherwise stated, all course material will be posted on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) so that they can be accessed at any time throughout the duration of the course and interaction with your tutor and fellow participants will take place through a variety of different ways which will allow for both synchronous and asynchronous learning (discussion boards,etc).
A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to participants who contribute constructively to weekly discussions and exercises/assignments for the duration of the course.
