Towards a performative teaching and learning
culture
Drama and
Theatre-based approaches to the teaching and learning of language, literature
and culture are becoming increasingly popular. This development will be looked
at from a historical perspective and in the context of the role of the arts in
education in general. Current intra- and extracurricular drama and
theatre-based practices will be looked at and more recent developments in the
area of research will be presented. It will be argued that the arts have been
neglected in the modern languages for a long time, but that there are
increasing signs for a ¿performative turn¿ in the modern languages. In this context the concept of a
¿Performative Auslandsgermanistik¿ will be outlined.