Aims and Objectives

Course Aims

• Introduce students to a range of texts from different periods, styles and genres

• Develop in students the ability to engage in close, detailed analysis of individual texts and make relevant connections

• Develop the students’ powers of expression, both in oral and written communication

• Encourage students to recognise the importance of the contexts in which texts are written and received

• Encourage, through the study of texts, an appreciation of the different perspectives of people from other cultures, and how these perspectives construct meaning

• Encourage students to appreciate the formal, stylistic and aesthetic qualities of texts

• Promote in students an enjoyment of, and lifelong interest in, language and literature

• Enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts

• Become informed, reflective and critical practitioners in the arts

• Understand the dynamic and changing nature of the arts

• Explore and value the diversity of the arts across time, place and cultures

• Express ideas with confidence and competence

• Develop perceptual and analytical skills

• Equip students with the skills to explore critically and imaginatively a range of literary texts and performance possibilities

• Develop in students the ability to articulate their responses to literature and performance in a variety of styles and contexts

• Introduce students to a range of performance skills

• Broaden the perspectives of students through the exploration of texts from differing cultures, periods and genres

• Foster a personal and passionate engagement with literature and performance, and by so doing guide students towards a better understanding of themselves and the world

Assessment Objectives

Knowledge and understanding of texts from different genres and cultures

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of texts and performances

• demonstrate an understanding of structure, technique and style

• demonstrate an ability to substantiate the points made through appropriate reference to texts

Awareness and understanding of literary techniques and performance potential

• demonstrate an ability to identify and evaluate the use and effect of literary techniques and performance potential in texts

• demonstrate an ability to use the relevant terminology in the analysis and appreciation of the texts studied

• demonstrate an ability to realize the performance potential in a text

Commitment and ability as performers

• demonstrate an understanding of performance skills

• show the necessary commitment in developing and presenting performance

• demonstrate an ability to express ideas, emotion, character and atmosphere through performance

Ability to speak and write effectively about texts and performances

• demonstrate an ability to express ideas clearly and in an appropriate register

• use the oral and written forms of the language in a range of styles, registers and situations

• demonstrate an ability to discuss and analyse texts and their performance potential in a focused and logical manner