IART 5601 - Southeast Asian Puppet Theater

Focuses on Southeast Asian puppet theater, including Indonesian, Vietnamese, Burmese and Thai. Analyzes the literature, music, puppetry, performance conditions, and audience. Students examine the history of puppetry, the contexts of culture, politics, religion, gender, and post-colonial and contemporary manifestations. Throughout, students learn to manipulate the puppets and complete with a short performance.

Requisites

Credit Hours: 4.0
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar

Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I