MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
INS3310
Indonesian theatrical traditions
Proposed to be offered next in 1998
B Hatley
Synopsis This subject consists of a study of Indonesian theatre
traditions in their social contexts and in the light of theories of
performance, particularly semiotic and anthropological approaches. The major
focus will be the theatre forms of Java and Bali, but examples from other areas
will be included where appropriate. The subject will begin by examining the
roles of performances in the ritual and social life of `traditional' Indonesian
communities. We shall attempt to define the formal qualities of different
theatre genres and the nature of their links with the religious, social and
political contexts of performance. Then attention will focus on changes in
theatrical expression associated with modernisation, Westernisation and
Indonesia's development as a nation state, and the concern to create in modern
theatre a distinctive Indonesian identity.
Assessment Essay (3500 words): 50% + Seminar presentation and paper
(2000 words): 40% + Seminar participation: 10%
Recommended texts
- Brandon J On thrones of gold Harvard U P
- Brandon J Theatre in Southeast Asia Harvard U P
- Keeler W Javanese shadow puppets, Javanese selves Princeton U P
- Pavis P Theatre at the crossroads of culture Routledge
- Peacock J Rites of modernization: Social and symbolic aspects of
Indonesian proletarian drama Chicago U P
- Rafferty E Putu Wijaya in performance U of Wisconsin
- Riantiarno N Time Bomb and Cockroach Opera Lontar
- Schechner R Between theatre and anthropology Pensylvania U P
- Rendra The struggle of the Naga tribe UQP
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