(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
On completion of Level Two, students should have provided evidence of being able to: -
- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies and Theatre Studies;
- present a structured and coherent argument;
- have sound knowledge of critical terminology;
- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, including literature before 1800;
- have a critical understanding of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, including literature before 1800;
- have a sound understanding of the ways in which historical theatre texts may be adapted to speak to contemporary audiences;
- have an understanding of a range of social and political applications for theatre practice;
- have a knowledge of contemporary theatre practices which are not centred on the literary text;
- have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;
- develop and deploy judiciously collaborative skills in the context of theatre practice;
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of critical skills;
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of analytical skills;
- demonstrate a sound critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a medium for literature;
- demonstrate a command of English syntax, grammar and style via engagement with literary materials;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of up to two particular and specific literary fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning of a dissertation.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire key transferable skills as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the knowledge and application of concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating the ability to carry out and present research;
- demonstrating knowledge of English Literature, dramatic texts, 'performance texts' and theatre theory;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating the ability to work within a group towards performance-based presentations.
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