Analysis and Interpretation of a Theatrical Performance Field of study: Cultural Studies
Programme code: W1-N1KU19.2023

Module name: Analysis and Interpretation of a Theatrical Performance
Module code: W1-KU-N1-AIPT02
Programme code: W1-N1KU19.2023
Semester:
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
Language of instruction: depending on the choice
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to develop analytical and interpretative skills of theatrical performance. Within the module, the student will learn the morphology of a theatrical performance, selected phenomena of theatrical communication in semiotic, cognitive and performative terms (the theory of reception of a theatrical performance, the process of assigning meanings in theatre). The class can be realised in the form of a workshop, it involves going to the theatre to see performances in order to analyse and interpret them later.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
participates intensively and consciously in various forms of theatre life, including through the media [K_01]
 W1-K01SN_K03 [5/5]
is able to formulate research questions and carry out problematic analysis of a theatre performance, is able to select methods and analytical tools for the material studied, is able to process the results of the analysis and present them in the form of a paper or publication [U_01]
 W1-K01SN_U02 [5/5]
is able to use theoretical clues to interpret the representation and study of living culture, is able to use concepts of cultural studies and knowledge of art in the process of establishing social interaction [U_02]
 W1-K01SN_U04 [5/5]
knows and understands the basic methods of analysis and interpretation of various representations appropriate to the chosen traditions, theories or schools of research within the cultural studies disciplines [W_01]
 W1-K01SN_W05 [4/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
discussion classes [W1-KU-K] 20 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Individual work with a text [f02] 
Conceptual work [f03]  		course work K_01 U_01 U_02 W_01
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
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Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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