PPS-652A Critical Writing for Performance and Performance Studies

3 Credits

In this course, we will examine and practice the analytical, critical, and writing skills needed to compose essays suitable for publication. In workshops we will engage in writing exercises, peer evaluation, revision, and editing with a focus on completing one review essay and journal article for publication. We will learn how to create pressing arguments, to integrate textual and other evidence, and to engage in sustained reflection. We will review relevant readings in Performance Studies in order to participate in current debates within the field. By doing so, we will learn how to make important disciplinary Interventions in the field of Performance Studies through writing.