Meta-Criticism on Performance Studies in Korea: Focusing on trends, limitations and significance from 2000 to 2023

Abstract

This study is a meta-criticism of Performance Studies conducted in the Korean theater academia from 2000 to 2023 on the subject of performativity and theater. The subjects of the study are 100 domestic academic papers published in domestic academic journals, and the purpose of the study is to reveal the overall trends, limitations, and significance of the Korean Performance Studies. As a resul t of anal yzing the research patterns into four categories: materiality, semiotics, media, and aesthetics, performance studies were mainly limited to genre aesthetics, and there was a lack of research on the communication methods of materiality at various levels, and problems with methodological techniques in the writing process. The most significant fact is that the Korean traditional performance and modern and contemporary theater have begun to be reread and reflected under the keyword of performativity. In addition, Korean Performance Studies have been conducted on how to use it in various areas and expand it into life beyond theater arts.