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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Theatre Studies
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Jan Kühne
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday, 15:00-16:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Jan Kuehne
Course/Module description:
This B.A.-course introduces essential research methods relevant to the study of drama, theater, and performance. In a perspective concerning the historical development and contemporary relevance of this thriving academic discipline, we will use examples from modern and post-modern theater.
Course/Module aims:
Students will gain an understanding of various research methodologies, critical theories, and practical techniques used in analyzing and interpreting dramatic, theatrical, and performance works. The course aims to equip students with the skills necessary to conduct comprehensive research in the field of theater and performance studies, while exploring critical social and political issues.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
* to distinguish critically the various approaches of all major research methods for drama, theater and performance
* to contextualize these research methods historically and display familiarity with the development of drama, theater, and performance studies as an academic discipline
* to conceptualize their own research projects assisted by their critical understanding and creative application of the methods and approaches explored in this course
Attendance requirements(%):
90%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Teaching includes lectures, discussions, close readings and analyses of theatrical texts and events.
Course/Module Content:
1) Research Methods in Drama, Theater, and Performance Studies
2) Historical Paradigms: Aristotle, Lessing, Herrmann, Brecht
3) Deep Reading: Drama Analysis and Dramaturgy
4) Bringing Past Performances to Life: Historiography and Historical Research
5) Playing a Part: Performance Analysis
6) Play, Ritual, and Script: Ethnographic and Anthropological Approaches
7) Beyond Script: Post-Dramatic Theater and Performance Art
8) Performance Studies in a Global Perspective
9) Fusing Performance and Scholarship: Practice as Research
10) Comparative and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
11) Wrap-Up and Student Presentations I
12) Student Presentations II
Required Reading:
For each session, specific primary and secondary readings — including recordings of performances — a variety of dramatic and critical texts, including films, will be sent in advance. These will include texts by Aristotle, G.E. Lessing, Bertolt Brecht, Richard Schechner, Victor Turner, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Umberto Eco, Raymond Williams, incl. contemporary drama, theater, and performance researchers.
Additional Reading Material:
Recommended Introductory Literature:
* Hayford, Michelle. 2021. Undergraduate Research in Theatre: A Guide for Students. Routledge.
* Kershaw, Baz. 2011. Research Methods in Theatre and Performance. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
* Sauter, Willmar. 2000. The Theatrical Event: Dynamics of Performance and Perception. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
See also:
* Fischer-Lichte, Erika. 2014. Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies. London: Routledge.
* Harari, Dror. 2018. “הכל פרפורמנס [Everything Is Performance].” תיאוריה וביקורת [Theoria UBikoret] 50: 531–51.
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 50 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 25 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 25 %
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