Performing Literary Texts Concepts and Skills (with InfoTrac)

by Jaffe, Clella

• ISBN13: 9780534620011
• ISBN10: 0534620019
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

PERFORMING LITERARY TEXTS (WITH INFOTRAC) gives you the skills and strategies you need for success in your oral interpretation course. Offering a performance-oriented approach, you'll see you to take into account the audience and the occasion as well as diversity and culture as it relates to performance, storytelling, and analysis. You'll also learn to cope with performance anxiety, Performing Literary Texts provides you with what you need to effectively perform and analyze literary texts for diverse audiences.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction to Oral Performances	1	(18)
Performance and Aesthetic Communication	2	(1)
Why Perform Aesthetic Texts?	3	(1)
Performance Traditions	4	(3)
Some Western Traditions	4	(2)
Some Non- Western Traditions	6	(1)
Elements of Performance	7	(5)
Place	8	(1)
Content	8	(1)
Audience	9	(1)
Intention or Goal	10	(2)
Reading, Acting, and Performing Literary Texts	12	(1)
Overcoming Anxiety (Stage Fright)	13	(3)
Process Anxiety	13	(1)
Performance Anxiety	14	(2)
Summary	16	(1)
Key Terms	17	(1)
Questions and Exercises	17	(2)
Performers and Audiences	19	(17)
Your Relationship with Your Audience	21	(7)
Demographic Analysis	22	(1)
Psychological Analysis	22	(4)
Emotional Analysis	26	(1)
Situational Analysis	27	(1)
Your Role as an Audience Member	28	(5)
Audience Roles	28	(2)
Audience Responsibilities	30	(3)
Summary	33	(1)
Key Terms	34	(1)
Questions and Exercises	35	(1)
Selecting Literary Texts for Performance	36	(15)
Consider the Merits of the Text	37	(7)
Universality	38	(1)
Uniqueness	39	(2)
Significance	41	(2)
Emotionally Evocative Literature	43	(1)
Consider Your Interests and Skills	44	(1)
Consider the Time Allotment	45	(1)
Ethical Considerations	45	(4)
Ethics and Text Choices	45	(2)
Ethical Cutting and Adaptation	47	(1)
Copyrights and Ethics	48	(1)
Summary	49	(1)
Key Terms	49	(1)
Questions and Exercises	49	(2)
Analyzing Texts	51	(28)
Modal Analysis	52	(11)
Lyric Mode	54	(4)
Dramatic Mode	58	(3)
Epic Mode	61	(2)
Dramatistic Analysis	63	(7)
Agent---Who?	63	(1)
Act---What?	64	(1)
Scene---Where? When? In What Circumstances?	64	(1)
Agency---How?	64	(1)
Purpose---Why?	65	(1)
A Sample Dramatistic Analysis	66	(4)
Transtextual Analysis	70	(3)
Intertextuality	70	(1)
Paratexts	71	(1)
Metatexts	71	(1)
Hypotexts and Hypertexts	72	(1)
Architexts	72	(1)
Analysis Through Performance	73	(3)
Playing	73	(1)
Testing	74	(1)
Choosing	75	(1)
Repeating	75	(1)
Presenting	75	(1)
Summary	76	(1)
Key Terms	77	(1)
Questions and Exercises	77	(2)
Using Your Voice and Body	79	(27)
Vocal Expressiveness	80	(10)
Rate and Volume	81	(1)
Pitch Variation	82	(1)
Duration	83	(1)
Stress	84	(1)
Diction	85	(3)
Vocal Quality and Vocalizations	88	(1)
Phrasing	89	(1)
Bodily Expressiveness	90	(12)
Facial Expressions	92	(1)
Other Bodily Movements	93	(3)
Focus	96	(6)
Summary	102	(1)
Key Terms	103	(1)
Questions and Exercises	103	(3)
Preparing for Performance	106	(10)
Creating an Introduction	107	(3)
Draw Attention to the Text	107	(1)
Show Relevance	108	(1)
Provide Background Information	109	(1)
Identify the Text and Author	109	(1)
Put It All Together	109	(1)
Familiarizing Yourself with the Text	110	(3)
Using a Manuscript	113	(1)
Summary	114	(1)
Key Terms	114	(1)
Questions and Exercises	114	(2)
Performing Prose	116	(34)
Nonfiction Prose	117	(5)
Expository Prose	117	(1)
Essays and Opinion Pieces	118	(1)
Journals, Diaries, and Letters	119	(2)
Speeches	121	(1)
Biographies and Autobiographies	121	(1)
Fictional Prose	122	(11)
Elements of Stories	123	(3)
Analyze the Narrator	126	(3)
Determine the Nature of the Intended Audience	129	(2)
Cultural Stories	131	(2)
Cutting Your Piece	133	(2)
Preparing Your Prose Performance	135	(1)
Prose Literature for Study and Practice	136	(11)
Summary	147	(1)
Key Terms	148	(1)
Questions and Exercises	148	(2)
Performing Drama	150	(26)
Characteristics of Drama	152	(6)
Spectacle	152	(1)
Minimal Narration	153	(1)
Dramatic Language	154	(2)
The Structure of Drama	156	(1)
Dramatic Genres	156	(2)
Preparing to Perform Drama	158	(10)
Find an Appropriate Script	158	(1)
Analyze the Script	159	(3)
Select a Cutting That Meets Your Purposes	162	(2)
Prepare Your Performance	164	(4)
Dramatic Literature for Study and Practice	168	(6)
Summary	174	(1)
Key Terms	174	(1)
Questions and Exercises	175	(1)
Performing Poetry	176	(33)
Poetic Language	178	(9)
Denotative and Connotative Meanings	179	(1)
Titles	180	(1)
Sensory Imagery	181	(1)
Tone Color and Tone	182	(2)
Literary Imagery	184	(2)
Repetition	186	(1)
Rhyme and Rhythm	187	(5)
Rhymes and Rhyme Patterns	187	(1)
Rhythm and Meter	188	(4)
Classifications of Poetry	192	(4)
Narrative Poetry	192	(1)
Lyric Poetry	193	(1)
Dramatic Poetry	194	(2)
Poems for Study and Practice	196	(9)
Summary	205	(1)
Key Terms	206	(1)
Questions and Exercises	207	(2)
Performing in Groups	209	(14)
Unison Readings	210	(1)
Responsive Readings	211	(2)
Choral Readings	213	(3)
Duo Interpretations	216	(2)
Readers Theatre	218	(3)
Preparing the Script	219	(1)
Staging the Performance	219	(2)
Summary	221	(1)
Key Terms	221	(1)
Questions and Exercises	221	(2)
APPENDIX: SPEECH TEAM COMPETITIONS	223	(4)
Competitive Speech Events	223	(1)
Bookwork	224	(1)
Judging	225	(2)
References	227	(12)
Index	239