Strindberg wrote The Father in response to Ibsen’s A Dolls House.

After careful reading of both plays, consider each playwright’s own motivation for writing the play and where this play fits in the playwright’s portfolio of work.

You must explore the social constructs in each play, particularly identifying how each playwright portrays women and men and the relationships between them. Consider the personal, social and political influences upon each playwright at the time they wrote the play. Explore how these influences are reflected in the play.

This assignment is to be saved as a Word document and submitted online through the course website.

• Use 12 point Time New Roman font
• Essays must be double-spaced
• Sub-heading may be used as appropriate
• All excerpts from scripts, diagrams and images should include an in-text reference, and full details included in the Reference list

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)

Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows: 

• No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.

Word count: 2000 words

WORD COUNT FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS:

The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. It excludes the cover page, abstract, contents page, reference page and appendices. It includes in-text references and direct quotations.

• Identification and justification of the playwright’s motivation to write this play (15%)
• Identification and discussion of social constructs evident in the play (20%)
• Explanation of quotes selected from the script to support claims (20%)
• Relevant discussion of personal, social and political influences upon each playwright as evident in the plays (20%)
• Accurate APA 7th edition referencing style, including citations and reference list (15%)
• Accurate spelling and grammar (10%)

This assessment task is a pre-recorded presentation. In your presentation you will:

• Provide an overview of the plot/synopsis, identifying what happens prior to the selected scene
• Provide the context of the chosen scene, including relevant character and circumstantial background that is required to understand what happens in the scene, for example: what does the character want? what is stopping them from getting this? and what is at stake?
• Identify the comedy in the scene by referring to the specific dialogue and/or action in the script, the given circumstances of the scene and how the scene is portrayed to create the comedy.
• Demonstrate the comedy through a recorded reading of the scene. This may be a recording by you with your own selected cast, or, you may find an example online that you analyse to clearly identify the comedy and how it is portrayed in that particular production of the script.

Submission requirements

• This assignment is to be pre-recorded and submitted as Youtube link or video file and submitted online through the course website.
• The pre-recorded presentation including interpretation of the scene can be up to 10 minutes in duration.
• You may include diagrams, images and footage to assist your presentation.
• In addition to the pre-recorded presentation you must submit a reference list as a Word document containing full details of all included diagrams, images and footage in APA 7th edition style.

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)

Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows: 

• No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.

Assessment criteria

• Clear identification of the scene and why you chose it (10%)
• Effective analysis of the synopsis/plot and characters to demonstrate the set-up for comedy in the scene (15%)
• Effective identification of dialogue and/or directions in the script excerpt that demonstrate the comedy (15%)
• Effective scene interpretation to demonstrate the comedy clearly to an audience through audio-visual media (15%)
• Ability to communicate your analysis and findings clearly and logically to an audience through audio-visual media (15%)
• Accurate APA 7th edition referencing style, including citations and reference list (10%)

Peer assessment criteria:

The audience felt you:

1. Gave a clear overview of the synopsis/plot
2. Presented effective insight into the set-up of your chosen scene
3. Provide a clear outline of what the character wanted, what was at stake and what was stopping them getting what they wanted
4. Provided good examples of dialogue or directions to demonstrate the comedy in the scene

5. Provided an effective interpretation of the scene to demonstrate the comedy

Choose a play from Ibsen, Strindberg or Chekhov and write a “pitch” for the work to be reinterpreted in a contemporary context.

The context includes the given circumstances of the play which are influenced by the time period in which the playwright wrote the play: time, place, economics, politics and law, learning and the arts, spirituality/religion.

Your contemporary interpretation may be a stage performance, or you may transpose the work into another format such as a feature film or television series. You must not choose a work that has already been made into a film or television series, such as Simon Stone’s film “The Daughter” adapted from Ibsen’s “The Wild Duck”.

Your pitch must:

• identify the original play and why you have chosen it
• provide your clear understanding of the idea/issue or concern behind the play and how you will contemporise this
• provide an analysis of the synopsis and characters, using examples from the original script to demonstrate how the work will be adapted to your chosen contemporary context
• present three significant scenes or moments in the play and how you will adapt these for a contemporary context
• include at least four academic references (Google and Wikipedia not accepted, references must be sourced through the CQU library) in addition to the play script
• include correct use of APA7th edition style for the in-text referencing and the reference list

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)

Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows: 
•  No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.

This assignment is to be saved as a Word document and submitted online through the course website.

• Use 12 point Time New Roman font
• Essays must be double-spaced
• Sub-heading may be used as appropriate
• All excerpts from scripts, diagrams and images should include an in-text reference, and full details included in the Reference list.

Word count: 2000 words (maximum)

WORD COUNT FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS:

The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. It excludes the cover page, abstract, contents page, reference page and appendices. It includes in-text references and direct quotations.

• Clear identification of the original play and why you chose it (10%)
• Clear understanding of the idea/issue or concern behind the play and how you will contemporise this (15%)
• Effective overview of the synopsis/plot and characters to demonstrate how the work will be adapted to a contemporary context (15%)
• Discuss three significant scene or moments in the play and how you will adapt/contemporise these for your chosen context (30%)
• Inclusion of at least four academic references sourced through the CQU Library (Google and Wikipedia references will not be accepted) in addition to the original play script to justify your analysis and discussion (10%)
• Accurate APA 7th edition referencing style, including citations and reference list (10%)
• Accurate spelling and grammar (10%)