Global East Asian Performance

Catalog description

This course examines modern and contemporary theatre and performance in East Asia from a transnational perspective. Through the analysis of plays, production videos, and scholarly writing, we will cover notable playwrights and directors, intercultural experiments and their cultural politics, the contested binary of tradition and modernity, and the recent development of musicals in East Asia. No prior knowledge of East Asian languages is required. All course materials are in English translation.