Play Reading
Credits: 2
Elective course for Third year
Amir Farjun
Amir Farjun, a thinker and writer on theater, is engaged in research, dramaturgy, and the complex relationship between them. Holding a Ph.D. in Theater Studies and Performance from the City University of New York, he is a lecturer in the Department of Theater at the University of Haifa.
In this course, we will read plays together. New plays, local plays, funny plays, plays by Shakespeare, sad plays, old plays, shocking plays, long plays, beautiful plays, strange plays, Japanese plays.
As we read, we will pause to reflect on what these texts do theatrically. How they activate the body, time, consciousness, and also why, and for what purpose. We will become acquainted with parts of the canon of word-based theatre and consider its connection to visual theatre.
We will explore some of the key concepts of dramatic theatre, learn about its genres, its principles, and its perspectives. We will try to develop personal taste and a sense of orientation within the realm of written theatre, connecting poetics to aesthetics, and aesthetics to dramaturgy.
But above all, we will read plays together.
