Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
2-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
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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