How to crack entrance of m.a theater and how to prepare to this syllabus
Dear Pushkar, you should have a broad sense of the areas listed under the all the 3 streams namely Visual Studies, Cinema Studies, Theatre and Performance studies. The questions asked in the exam typically assess your ability to reflect upon and critically engage with themes and issues related to art.
Visual Studies: Broad knowledge of history of world art in General and of Art in South Asia from Indus Valley Civilization till the present in particular.
Cinema Studies: Broad Knowledge of world cinema, film movements, and Film/media practitioners. Awareness of cinema/media's status as an aesthetic practise, a cultural form and an instigatot of public debates.
Theatre and Performance studies: Broad knowledge of the history of theatre including Classic Greek Theatre, Elizabethian theatre, classical Indian theatre, music, dance and performance cultures.