Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
2-2024
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Program
Theatre and Performance
Advisor
Erika T. Lin
Committee Members
Peter Eckersall
Claire Bishop
Subject Categories
Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Performance Studies
Keywords
theatre, theater, lecture-performance, epistemology, lecture, dramaturgy
Abstract
In this dissertation, I draw upon theatre and performance literature, science and technology studies, and art theory to attend the distinctive dramaturgical features of lecture-performance and other contemporary examples of epistemic theatres. After theorizing their roots, their causes, and their objectives, I build on the intrinsic and mutual links these performances develop between theatre and knowledge to justify and develop novel academic modes of response that consider theatre as a method, and not merely an object, of humanistic study. I propose that a theatricalization of knowledge—or rather, a more explicit acknowledgement of knowledge’s engrained theatricality—helps in developing intellectual-academic responses not only to the new forms of theatre, but also to the spirit of information that birthed it.
Recommended Citation
Farjoun, Amir, "Epistemic Theatres: The Dramaturgy of Knowledge in Twenty-First Century Theatre" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/5634
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