ENGL 3016 Performance Studies
This course fosters community-engaged learning and bridges the study of literature with the restorative practices of performing arts. Students will work with various community partners–performing arts organizations that focus upon the fight for equity and justice for marginalized communities. Students analyze select works across different periods and contemporary performance art in order to examine the role of performance in social critique. Students will explore issues of social justice, especially at the intersection of race, class, disability, sexuality, and gender, in plays, works of choreography, and relevant literary texts. This course only satisfies the CORE CKE requirement when offered as a service learning course.