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Analysis and Performance of Text (103-0-21)

Instructors

Nathan John Lamp

Meeting Info

AM Swift Krause Studio 103: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:50PM

Overview of class

Analysis & Performance of Text is an introductory course in which we will study various styles of literature & text (poetry, literary fiction, and non-fiction broadly defined) through the lens of performance. The class is neither an acting class nor an English class, but it draws on practices fundamental to both.

The course explores how the tools of performance help both performer and audience to interpret a text, as well as to express challenging political and personal themes. Through a diverse set of readings, both literary and critical, we will examine the ways in which performance can illuminate the written word and draw out deeper understandings of social, cultural, and political relations.

Class Attributes

Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area