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    Essay Research & Planning

    Advice
    Meg Mumford
    Assessment 2: Essay (40%)
    Write an essay (1,500-1800 words)* that responds to the following prompt:
    Describe, consider and account for the ways in which ONE of the theatre-makers covered in this
    course approached ONE of the following:
    1. selection, interpretation and treatment of playscript and/or text, OR
    2. significant elements of design (venue, set, props, lighting and/or sound)
    Your answer should take into consideration the reasons for the practitioner's/company's distinctive
    approach to their art, including their social-cultural contexts and their artistic goals. Please include
    reference to the practitioner's/company's own writings and theatre productions. You may also refer
    to productions by other practitioners influenced by your chosen theatre-maker's approach.
    *While an unchangeable part of the ARTS1120 course outline indicates above that the essay should be 2,000
    words in length, this word length has been changed recently to 1,500-1,800 words. The main body of your
    essay (minus references) should sit between this minimum and maximum.
    List of practitioners/companies and productions you can choose from:

     Stanislavsky – production: The Seagull


     Meyerhold – productions: The Government Inspector and Sally Cookson’s Peter Pan
     Brecht – production: The Caucasian Chalk Circle
     Bausch – production: Kontakthof
     Sydney Front – any of the productions featured in the film Staging the Audience

    You will be asked in your tutorial this week to choose your 1 practitioner.

    Example ARTS1120 student essays from previous years are available on Moodle. Note
    that not all of these essays will have been given the same task and/or list of
    practitioners and productions as you have.
    Assessment Criteria
    1. Content A – provides clear and accurate description of the way the chosen practitioner approached text OR
    design;
    2. Content B – considers the reasons for the practitioner's distinctive approach in relation to their aims and
    methods;
    3. Sources – engages meaningfully with relevant set (= mandatory and further readings) and productions*,
    extends your research with other relevant** sources, and employs that research in support of your argument;
    4. Critical Approach and Structure – negotiates the area(s) of debate your essay question invites you to consider,
    analyses the thoughts and practices of theatre-makers and of commentators on their work, and devises a
    logical, well-structured argument, supported by evidence;
    5. Style and Presentation – presents your research in an appropriate scholarly manner i.e. fluent, accurate and
    grammatically correct English, carefully referenced (quotation marks, indentation of quotations 3 lines or
    more in length, consistent referencing of sources in footnotes and/or bibliography etc.), fully proof-read for
    mistakes, double spaced with 2.5 cm margins, black ink, 12 pt font, and paginated.
    * It is very important to draw on and properly cite Moodle course resources in this assignment.
    ** Relevant = peer-reviewed articles and books, authentic production resources
    Referencing
    Referencing is the way you acknowledge your sources of information. There are two main
    referencing systems:

     the footnote/bibliography or ‘Oxford’ referencing system –


    https://student.unsw.edu.au/footnote-bibliography-or-oxford-referencing-system

     the ‘In-Text’ or ‘Harvard’ referencing system – https://student.unsw.edu.au/harvard-referencing

    Whichever 1 system you choose – and you can use a system that is not mentioned above - you must
    use 1 system accurately and carefully.
    Guidance on referencing will be provided in the Wk 7 Lecture class on Wed 27 March, 1-3pm,
    Webster 327 .
    Use of AI

    For this assessment task, you may use AI-based software to prepare prior to writing
    and/or creating your assessment. You are permitted to use standard editing and
    referencing functions in word processing software. These functions are limited to
    spelling and grammar checking and reference citation generation in the creation of
    your submission. You must not use any functions that generate or paraphrase
    passages of text, including translation functions, whether based on your own
    work or not.
    Please note that your submission will be passed through an AI-generated text
    detection tool. If your marker has concerns that your answer contains passages of
    AI-generated text you may be asked to explain your work. If you are unable to
    satisfactorily demonstrate your understanding of your submission you may be
    referred to UNSW Conduct & Integrity Office for investigation for academic
    misconduct and possible penalties.
    Help with Essay Writing

    • For information about how to write essays and document your references, consult the writing guides at
    Academic Skills, https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/skills.
    • If you would like further help with your studies, and your essays in particular, you may make an individual
    consultation at Academic Skills,
    https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/individual-consultations-academic-support.
    • Your tutor cannot read a draft essay.
    • However, Nick and I can both provide feedback on a specific issue or a dot-point essay plan (one-page) that
    you email to us.
    • You can also book an on-campus or online consultation with me next week at any time on Thursday 21
    March: [email protected]
    • Don’t forget to look at the Assessment Q & A Forum in Moodle where I will put up my replies to queries of
    general interest.
    Prepare
    Review what you know …

    • Readings in the Library via Moodle (Leganto etc.)


    • Lecture slides, notes, recordings
    • Tutorials – handouts, exercises & discussions

    These are essential to get a pass (50-64%)


    Research via Moodle
    • Go beyond what we learn in class and discover what there is to learn.
    • Go to the Explore Further section at the bottom of our Moodle site.
    Then go to the “Learning about theatre and performance subsection”
    where you will find relevant eBooks; playscripts online and streaming
    video https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=6445955
    UNSW Library
    • ELISE http://www.unsw.edu.au/elise – for learning how to use the
    library
    • Library http://library.unsw.edu.au – for finding what’s in the library

    Go to the Subject Guides:


    • https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/subjectguides
    • https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/arts [arts & media studies]
    Is what you find good for the essay?

    Relevant?

    Planning Current?

    Reliable?

    Accurate?
    Reading

    Making sense of what you find

    Previewing
    Skimming
    Scanning
    Intensive reading

    https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/reading-st
    rategies

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