This module aims to develop in learners an advanced critical and analytic competence in the engagement with late 20th and early 21st century performing and visual arts in relation to theory and text. This is also negotiated by expanding the boundaries of what has, historically, been considered “theatre” and “performance”, to include contemporary performative arenas such as performance art and site-specific performance. Attention is also placed on postcolonial theorising as it relates to both contemporary African, Indian and the local South African performance landscapes.
Theatre from Realism to Modernity
This module constitutes the core Theatre Studies module and will introduce students to the key theorists and practitioners of the late 19th and early 20th century theatre.