Performing Literature: Story-Telling and the Narrative Process

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An experiential immersion in developing performance techniques for narration and story-telling. Students will analyze the rhetorical, performative and cultural applications of prose, poetry and drama while exploring how literature and original works intersect with oral communication theory.. From Sophocles to Maya Angelou to Kimiko Hahn to Amanda Gorman, arguments will be crafted to support socially relevant issues. Public performance opportunities will be offered to students.