Program Overview

Program Details

The program details are as follows:

Course Information

• Course code: HTEK03361U
• Course title: Teater- og performancestudier: Teoretiske og analytiske metoder og kontekster
• English title: Theoretical and Analytical Methods and Contexts
• Credits: 15 ECTS
• Level: Kandidat (Master's level)
• Duration: 1 semester
• Placement: Efterår (Autumn semester)
• Study board: Studienævnet for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab
• Offering institute: Institut for Kunst og Kulturvidenskab
• Offering faculty: Det Humanistiske Fakultet
• Course responsible: Storm Møller Madsen
• Instructors: Storm Møller Madsen

Course Content

The course aims to provide students with a reflected understanding of central phenomena within the field of theater and performance studies, focusing on theoretical and methodological skills in analyzing these forms of expression and placing them in their relevant cultural, societal, and historical contexts. The course establishes the theoretical foundation for developing a critical approach to theoretical and methodological tools in academic, pedagogical, or artistic investigations and the ability to contextualize these within a comprehensive framework for theater and performance theory.

Teaching Materials

It is recommended that students familiarize themselves with "The Performance Studies Reader," Third edition, by Henry Bial and Sara Brady, Routledge, 2016.

Teaching Form

The course consists of lectures and class instruction.

Workload

• Class instruction: 56 hours
• Preparation (estimated): 279 hours
• Supervision: 1 hour
• Examination: 84 hours
• Total: 420 hours

Feedback Form

• Oral feedback during the course
• Feedback at the final examination (in addition to the grade)

Examination

• Form: Written submission
• Aids allowed: All aids are allowed except Generative AI
• Censorship form: No external censorship

Assessment Criteria

The assessment criteria are based on the study order for KA in theater and performance studies 2019.

Language

The course is taught in Danish.