Overview
In this unit you will study the original storytelling practices of First Nations Peoples through to the development of more formal theatre practices of the ancient Greeks and Romans. You will examine the rites, rituals, legends and myths of the first storytellers in communicating ideas and ideals, education the masses and even manipulating the public discourse. You will apply and adapt these ancient ideas and practices in a presentation designed to communicate a social message to a modern audience.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students who have completed THTR13124 Theatre Studies 3: Mask, Myth and Ritual cannot enrol in this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from staff feedback
The assessment tasks are scaffolded so that feedback on each task helps students develop the following task
Maintain this scaffolding approach to assessments in this unit
Feedback from student focus groups
Students share their work in the final assessment through peer review
Peer reviewing enable students to appreciate and learn from each other's research. Students learn about more topics than the one they have individually researched for the assessment task
Feedback from Student and staff feedback
Students appreciate support in academic writing
Maintain the Academic Learning Centre workshops in class in the first weeks of the course to introduce students to this support service.