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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

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Module TeacherStephanie McBride
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This course examines the formal strategies and visual economies of television drama within a social, historical and cultural context.

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate an understanding of language of narrative and visual culture in relation to the field of television drama
2. Explain the formal and generic strategies of television within an industrial and institutional context;
3. Develop a critical framework for analysis of television drama in its diversity



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture36a structured approach to the study of television drama
Directed learning24Viewing and research of additional texts
Seminars12Critical discussion of themes and issues
Independent learning53No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
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language of narrative and visual culture in relation to the field of television drama; examination and analysis of formal and generic strategies of television within an industrial and institutional context; examination of a critical framework for analysis of television drama in its diversity.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • edited and introduced by George W. Brandt: 1981, British television drama in the 1980s, Cambridge, 0521427231
  • edited by Charlotte Brunsdon, Julie D'Acci and Lynn Spigel: 1997, Feminist television criticism, 0198711530
  • Caughie, J: 2000, Television Drama: Realism, Modernisn & British Culture,
  • Cooke, L: 2003, British Television Drama: A History,
  • Edgerton, G et al: 2008, The Essential HBO Reader,
  • Leverette, Marc, Ott, Brian L et al: 2008, Watching HBO in the Poast-Television Era,
  • Nelson, R: 1997, TV Drama in Transition,
  • Potter, T, Marshall, CW: 2009, The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television,
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