Aycan received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, Comparative Literature Program. Her doctoral work explores the role of theater critics in shaping a theater production and reimagines their position as integral to understanding a performance as an event. Taking as its case study Turkey-affiliated Arcola Theater in London and its productions dealing with Turkey’s political history, the project ruptures the idea of a Euro-centric canon and exposes the role of reviews in representation and meaning-making.

Theater Criticism; Middle Eastern (Southwest Asian) Theater; British Theater; Production Dramaturgy

English, Turkish, German, Italian

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