The Routledge introduction to theatre and performance studies / by Erika Fischer-Lichte ; edited by Ramona Thomasius and Minou Arjomand ; translated by Minou Arjomand
Preface -- Prologue: is everything theatre? -- Central concepts for theatre and performance research. The concept of theatre -- The history of the discipline -- The concept of performance -- Fields, theories, and methods. Performance analysis -- Theatre historiography -- Theorizing theatre and performance -- Pushing boundaries. Interweaving cultures in performance -- Performing the arts -- Cultural performances -- Epilogue: Is everything theatre?
Summary
Erika Fischer-Lichte's introduction to the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies is a strikingly authoritative and wide ranging guide to the study of theatre in all of its forms. Its three-part structure moves from the first steps in starting to think about performance, through to the diverse and interrelated concerns required of higher-level study:Part 1 - Central Concepts for Theatre and Performance Research - introduces the language and key ideas that are used to discuss and think about theatre: concepts of performance; the emergence of meaning; and the theatre
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Translation of: Einführung in die Grundlagen des Fachs
