The Pedagogy of Theatre Criticism in Canada
Author(s) -
Carly Maga
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
canadian theatre review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1920-941X
pISSN - 0315-0836
DOI - 10.3138/ctr.168.005
Subject(s) - criticism , theatre criticism , audience measurement , curriculum , art , theatre studies , aesthetics , sociology , visual arts , literary criticism , pedagogy , literature , political science , drama , law , literary science
With declining print readership and job stability, the job of the theatre critic as we have known it is in danger, and this job scarcity is causing theatre criticism to disappear from Canadian theatre school curricula. Here several instructors and professors comment on how they’re keeping theatre criticism a foundational skill for theatre students, from combining criticism with dramaturgical practices to finding alternative platforms to add new voices to the existing critical landscape.
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