Editing Performance studies (section)

===Oral interpretation of literature===
On the literature front, [[Wallace Bacon]] (1914–2001) was considered by many to be someone who pioneered performance theory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=James Janega, Tribune Staff|title=WALLACE A. BACON, 87, NU PROFESSOR|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-02-16-0102160209-story.html|access-date=2021-09-30|website=chicagotribune.com|date=16 February 2001 |language=en-US}}</ref> Bacon taught performance of literature as the ultimate act of humility. In his defining statement of performance theory, "Our center is in the interaction between readers and texts which enriches, extends, clarifies, and (yes) alters the interior and even the exterior lives of students [and performers and audiences] through the power of texts" (''Literature in Performance'', Vol 5 No 1, 1984; p.&nbsp;84).

In addition, Robert Breen's text ''[[Chamber theatre|Chamber Theatre]]'' is a cornerstone in the field for staging narrative texts, though it remains controversial in its assertions about the place of narrative details in chamber productions. Breen is also regarded by many as a founding theorist for the discipline, along with advocate Louise Rosenblatt. More recently, performance theorist and novelist [[Barbara Browning]] has suggested that narrative fiction itself—and particularly the novel—demands the performative participation of the reader.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Browning|first1=Barbara|title='Dear Reader': The Novel's Call to Perform|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1m4uWyRjvo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Y1m4uWyRjvo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|publisher=The Book Lovers|access-date=12 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>