Research Methods: Ethnography and Performance

Catalog description

Introduction to select methods for conducting advanced research in theatre, drama, and performance. The methodological focus, which varies according to instructor, may include ethnography, historiography, dramatic criticism, phenomenology, or audience reception, among others. Students will read exemplary monographs and statements of method from leading scholars in the field. They will then practically apply those methods to an original, ongoing research project that will culminate in a substantive seminar paper.