English 297ps. Performance Studies and Theory

Instructor: Ju Yon Kim
Monday, 9:45-11:45am | Location:  TBD
Enrollment: Limited to 15 students

This course will examine critical works in the interdisciplinary field of performance studies. The class will begin with an exploration of the major developments and debates that helped to establish performance studies. We will then consider how recent works, especially those intersecting with ethnic studies and queer studies, have extended, critiqued, and complicated understandings of the field. The goals of this course include familiarizing students with key terms and theories in performances studies; exploring models of interdisciplinary research; and cultivating strategies for analyzing and writing about performance. This course is designed for graduate students and undergraduate students with some background in critical theory and/or performance studies.