Pre-requisite: Nil.
The study of the performance event, and of dramatic texts and dramatic theory, provides insights into human experience and places these experiences in the context of society. This unit provides students with an introductory overview of some of the major plays, theories and historical features of drama in performance from primitive times up until the Enlightenment. Texts will be drawn from both the Eastern and Western theatrical performance traditions. The unit will also provide students with an introduction to some contemporary approaches to the study of performance, and will include a special study of the fundamental techniques of debate and scholarship in drama.