DRAM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Project Muse
29 Apr 2016
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Historiography looks at how and why historians create their narratives and how they reconstruct it. Includes our natural biased nature into the reconstruction of history, acknowledges we cannot ever be com- pletely objective when trying to find out what happened. Many pieces dealt with serious and important social issues of the time; we must analyze those alongside the culture of the period, for these work in a syncretic fashion. Is there a difference between drama and performance? Theater: venue where performance is held; theatre: art form itself. Storytelling is a way to explore others" perceptions of the world and relate to one another. Themes/topics of plays from previous centuries can relate to people today. Pieces may reflect socioeconomic issues of the time as well as standards of inequality and social injustice. Indication of the culture in which the piece is set.
