The Contemporary Stage and the Antitheatrical Prejudice
CHUM 384
Spring 2016 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
THEA 325 |
| Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory |
Theater has always hosted a broad array of arts disciplines: dance, literature, music, the visual arts, and, most recently, film and the digital moving image are commonly incorporated on the theatrical stage. Regardless, the lingering assumption that theater is irrevocably anchored in a dramatic text resulted in the classification of the emerging theatrical forms of the late 20th century as "performance," rather than as "theater" per se. The course's theoretical foundation will be what Erika Fischer-Lichte has called "the performative turn." We will consider theater as event as we examine its mobility across arts disciplines. Theater's defining characteristic lies in the verifiable autonomy of a production's "performance text," not the written one, but the live and kinesthetic "text" that engages the actors' bodies and design elements in time and space. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Fischer-Lichte, Erika. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PERFORMANCE; select articles and artist workbooks.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Students will work on individual research papers (12-15 pages) throughout the semester. Research topics are due by the end of the first month of classes; a polished draft of the paper (6-7 pages) and peer review will serve as the mid-term; additionally, students will give an oral presentation of their research during the final week of classes. Shorter oral presentations are due throughout the course. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance to performances and other events are required. POI. |
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