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

Module Title Television Drama
Module Code CM581A
School School of Communications
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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This module aims to examine alternative methodologies for the critical analysis of television drama, to trace the recurring themes, images, plots, settings and modes of characterisation and the patterns of change emerging in these over the years, to reflect on the relationship between the shifting shapes of tv drama and the larger pattern of social experience, to participate in an intensive study of particular tv drama series.

Learning Outcomes
1. Charcterise the overall terrain of tv drama in the current period
2. Demonstrate awareness of the social, political, economic, cultural forces shaping tv drama
3. Consider the range of critical concepts for judging tv drama
4. Demonstrate a knowledge of key genres in television drama



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture2in class instruction & presentation
Total Workload: 2

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
concepts, contexts, criteria.
the nature of narrative, the relation of storytelling to the social social order, television as a medium for drama, criteria for assessing tv drama.

case studies.
representations of class, race, gender, morality, religion, crime, politics, culture in tv drama in particular tv series.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Presentationclass presentation giving a critical analysis of a particular tv drama20%n/a
Reflective journalguidelines in class30%Other
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
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • George W. Brandt: 1981, British television drama in the 1980s,
  • Charlotte Brunsdon, Julie D'Acci and Lynn Spigel: 1997, Feminist television criticism,
  • Caughie, J: 2000, Television Drama: Realism, Modernisn & British Culture,
  • Cooke, L: 0, British Television Drama: A History,
  • Leverette, Marc, Ott, Brian L et al: 2008, Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era,
  • Geraghty C & Lusted D: 1998, The Television Studies Book, London,
  • Horgan J, OConnor B & Sheehan H (ed): 2007, Mapping Irish Media: Critical Explorations, Dublin,
  • Nelson R: 1997, TV Drama in Transition, London,
  • Potter, T, Marshall, CW: 2009, he Wire: Urban Decay and American Television,
  • Sheehan H: 2004, The Continuing Story of Irish Television Drama: Tracking the Tiger, also at http://doras.dcu.ie/4628/, Dublin,
  • Tulloch J: 1990, Television Drama, London,
Other Resources
None
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Programme or List of Programmes
MTVMA in Film and Television Studies
Timetable this semester: Timetable for CM581A
Date of Last Revision08-OCT-10
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