September 13 - Scenic Design/Scenography and Cultural Change
Table of Contents

Readings

Pamela Howard, "World View," "Introduction," Chaps. 1-2 "Space" and "Text" in What is Scenography, p. xv-xxv, 1-62 (reserve book) Pamela Howard Scan

Arnold Aronson, "Introduction," "Theater Technology and the Shifting Aesthetic," "Technology and Dramaturgical Development," "Can Theatre and Media Speak the Same Language,"and "Looking into the Abyss," in Looking into the Abyss p. 1-9, 44-51, 67-80, 86-113 (reserve book)

Joslin McKinney and Philip Butterworth, "Chap 1: What is Scenography?," "Chap. 5: Technology as Performance," and "Part 3: Realisation and Reception," in The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography, p. 3-8, 126-47, 151-99 (reserve book)

Walter Benjamin, Sections II, III, IV, and V of "The Work of Art in its Age of Technological Reproducibility" (pdf) (HTML online version available here) also in Theatre and Performance Design Reader p. 315-20 (reserve book)

Optional

Raymond Williams, "Argument: Text and Performance," in The Twentieth Century Performance Reader, p. 407-419 (reserve book)

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