The Politics of Performance (P00423)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00423

This course focuses on performative theories of culture and on specific performance practices. It draws on the concept of performativity as this appears in speech act theory and in recent developments in psychoanalysis, focusing on the interface between theatre as a mode of artistic production and the general notion of 'cultural performance'. Examples will be drawn from contemporary performance where these two modes overlap (interculturalism, theatre for development, psychodrama, performance art, theatre as political activism).

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Purchase of essential texts as required.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To establish links between performativity and performance.
To examine the concept of a performative theory of culture.
To see how specific instances of performance tackle theoretical issues.
To shift the notion of performativity from strictly theatrical contexts to more generally cultural ones.