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Oral Interpretation

Oral Interpretation. Chapter 1. Defined. The art of communicating a literary or oral selection in its intellectual, emotional, aesthetic entirety to an audience to arouse a meaningful response. A beginning & a end. Interpretation . Performance. Communication Audience Ethically responsible

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Oral Interpretation

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  1. Oral Interpretation Chapter 1

  2. Defined • The art of communicating a literary or oral selection in its intellectual, emotional, aesthetic entirety to an audience to arouse a meaningful response

  3. A beginning & a end Interpretation Performance • Communication • Audience • Ethically responsible • Anxiety • Analysis of content • Analysis of structure • No characters • Communication • Audience • Ethically responsible • Anxiety • Analysis of content • Analysis of structure • Characters

  4. Differences Interpretation Acting • a. Is suggestive – theatre is in your own mind • b. Uses all literary texts, not just one median • c. Does not have to be memorized • d. No accessories – you are the prop • e. Play multiple roles • f. Not directed – come up with your own concepts • g. Show video clips of interpretation performances • h. Bridge to student activity to begin to notice differences between acting and interpretation. Cliché Activity • a. Creates a world using literal effects • b. Uses one medium – drama • c. Is memorized • d. Uses accessories (costumes, lighting, make-up, a stage, sound, etc.) • e. One person plays one role • f. Is directed

  5. Values of Interpretation • 1. Intellectual – mental stimulation • a. Expand knowledge of good literature • b. Expand knowledge of cultures • 2. Emotional – the feelings that are communicated; to arouse a response • a. Increases self-confidence • b. Entertainment • 3. Aesthetic – choices you make that help the audience understand your take on the literature • 4. Bridge to student activity. All Boxed Up

  6. Three Touchstones • Universality • Appeals to the human experience/ common experiences • Individuality • The writes approach to the piece through word choice, images, and organization • Suggestion • Implied meanings, signals, the unknown

  7. Example •  JUST to live under green leaves and see themJust to lie under low stars and watch them wane,Just to sleep by a kind heart and know it lovingAgain–Just to wake on a sunny day and the wind blowing,Just to walk on a bare road in the bright rain,–These, O God, and the night, and the moon showingAgain–

  8. Again by • Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall

  9. OI Examples • This is Sam Mussmann's Programmed Oral Interpretation (POI), an interpretive event that takes selections from at least two of drama, poetry, and prose, and combines them into a program, creating an argument. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ23Z4_z4Kc&playnext=1&list=PL8BF349CBBC6A51FB • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyvO2GYs_w • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ieleINuV-g&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-dorjJOOeY&feature=related

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