Meta-Criticism of Performance Research in Korea : Focusing on the Strength of Performativity and Meaning of Performance-Interruption

This paper aims to present and to criticize the methodological problems of Performance Studies in Korea and alternatives to 100 domestic academic papers published from 2000 to 2023 under the keyword of “performtivity and theatre.” In the Korean Performance Studies, first, it does not describe the intensity of the performativity and describes it in a “performative action” based on a specific theory. And the success and failure of performance or appropriateness and inadequacy is not described. Therefore, this paper intends to present three concepts of performance intensity that are important in performance theory. Second, almost all studies are consistent with studies on 'successful' performance, so this paper intends to clarify the implications of the discontinuation of performance by using interrupted performances and failed performances as examples.