Syllabus/achievement requirements

Exact curriculum will be specified in September.

Suggested reading:

  • The Transformative Power of Performance: at new aesthetics. by Erika Fischer Lichte, London 2008.

  • Performance Analysis and Introductory Coursebook Edited by Colin Counsell & Laurie Wolf, London 2011.

  • Performance. A Critical Introduction. By Marvin Carlson, New York 2003.

  • Performance Theory. By Richard Schechner, London 2003.

  • Global Ibsen. Performing Multiple Modernities. Edited by ErikaFischer-Lichte, Barbara Gronau and Christel Weiler, New York 2011.

  • Ibsen. The Dramaturgy of Fear. By Michael Goldman, New York 1999.

  • Ibsen's Lively Art. A Performance Study of the Major Plays. ByFrederick J. Marker & Lise-Lone Marker, Cambridge 2005.

  • Theatre Audiences. A theory of Production & Reception. By SusanBennett, London 1997.

Other reference books (additional reading):

  • Theory for Performance Studies. A Student's Guide. By Philip Auslander, Abingdon 2008.

  • Theatre Theory Theatre. Edited by Daniel Gerould, New york 2000.

  • Theory/Theatre. Introduction. By Mark Fortier, London 2002.

  • By Means of Performance. Edited by Richard Schechner, Cambridge 1990.

  • Philosophy of the Performing Arts. By David Davies

  • Drama. Between Poetry and Performance. By W.B.Worthen, Chichester 2010.

These Ibsen dramas will be studied:

  • Brand (1866)
  • Pillars of Society (1877)
  • A Doll's House (1879)
  • Ghosts (1881)

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