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THEA 188 PO - Theory/Criticism/Praxis


CrsNo THEA188 PO

When Offered: Each spring.

Instructor(s): B.Bernhard; J. Lu

A comprehensive analysis of dramatic theory and criticism from the Natyashastra and Aristotle to contemporary theatre works. Student will examine different attempts to tap the revolutionary power of theatre, including Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty, Jerzy Grotowski’s physical theatre, Bertolt Brecht’s alienation effect, Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, and various contemporary feminist and queer performers and performance theorists’ methodologies. Students will also develop their own manifestoes for theatre-making. Letter grade only.



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