Oral Traditions: Story Telling

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An introduction to a variety of Oral Traditions from different cultural groups along with the skills required to perform storytelling successfully. Half the content of this course will be dedicated to Hawaiian/Pacific/ Asian cultures. Audience, context and outcome analysis form the basis of all public communication planning, and form the core of the theoretical foundation. In addition, course will pose special questions related to the origin and intent of particular literature. Students will select, analyze, rehearse and perform three types of storytelling presentations such as ancient mythology, folktales, wisdom tales, and modern genres. Students will be encouraged to invent and compose their own stories in some appropriate genre. Students will be encouraged to perform one of the three options in the community at an appropriate function of their choice. All performances are critiqued orally and with a written instrument. May be repeated for credit, up to 6 credits.