THTR 435 - Story Telling

4 Credit(s)

This course focuses on the traditions, forms, and methods of oral storytelling. Students study tales and techniques from a variety of cultures, practice many genre of stories and styles of telling. Upon completion of this course students will have researched tales from many culture and time periods, practiced performing for several audience types and ages, know effective story content, practice skills in communicating clearly and expressively, both in “first and “third” person formats. Students will understand the oral tradition, including the “uses of story-telling throughout history. They will each develop several story scripts, and as culminating project, present a public performance for you audiences and a public performance for adult audiences. They demonstrate their understanding new technologies to film and present their pieces over the internet, and use the internet to research contemporary story-tellers and communicate with them about their techniques. They will demonstrate knowledge of group story-telling such as readers’ theatre. They will demonstrate an understanding of effective costume pieces and lighting effects to enhance their storytelling. They will demonstrate skills in speaking with a variety of accents. Students will critically analyze their own story-telling as well as the work of others. .

Prerequisite(s): c/i.
(spring/ even-numbered years)