Examines the styles and themes of Chicano literature and cites specific examples of fiction and poetry that may prove challenging for students of Oral Interpretation. (MH)

A theory of interpretation developed from the composition scholar's reading and revision of literary theory can effectively serve as a core theory in writing across the curriculum programs. For example, recent composition theory, with its emphasis on close study of students' texts and the process of their writing, provides the writing teacher with…

The field of interpretation needs to be more aware of and sensitive to the contributions of black culture and consciousness. The interpreter wishing to perform black poetry, for example, needs to recognize that the black aesthetic has its roots in African culture and traditions and does not always share the assumptions of the European or…

A survey of professional publications concerned with curriculum and instruction in the learning and teaching of literature at the elementary and secondary levels, this annotated bibliography derives principally from the ERIC database. The 207-item bibliography includes titles dating from 1980 through 1988. The selections are divided into sections…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the ethics of violence as political strategy in contempory drama; (2) the history of Italian-American theatre from 1900 to 1905; (3) the development of the…

Teachers should be making every effort to use approaches for teaching literature that encourage students to discover the meaning of a text for themselves, using the language of the text and without unnecessary teacher intervention. Therefore, rather than having the students be led by the teacher/interpreter through a work they encounter the first…

This pamphlet was written to provide guidance on the teaching of literature in the Scottish primary and secondary schools. An introduction points out the reasons for teaching literature and suggests criteria by which to select worthwhile texts and plan programs. The place of oral literature and poetry in the primary school and the need for primary…

The 33 essays that make up this volume examine the history of literature in performance from five perspectives: (1) language, (2) popular culture, (3) teaching, (4) theory, and (5) entertainment. The essays in the first section explore the basic perspective of oral performance as a factor in the development of languages themselves and their…

More than 800 publications released from 1911 through 1975 dealing with the oral interpretation of literature are listed in this index. The publications are divided into four major groups: books, collected essays, articles, and theses and dissertations. Within each grouping, items are listed in chronological order according to publication date. A…

In an eleventh-grade unit, students studied and practiced the art of storytelling and then went into elementary classrooms to tell stories to first-grade and second-grade children. Students prepared for the storytelling sessions by reading books on storytelling techniques, inviting a local storyteller to class and then videotaping and studying her…

The 10 readings collected in this volume emphasize the value of oral interpretation as an approach to teaching literature in the secondary school. Wallace A. Bacon indicates how the act of interpretation as it is experienced in the reader's mind can recreate the act of literature. Frances L. McCurdy, Margaret M. Neville, and Allen Bales discuss…

Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to interpret and evaluate complex works of music, dance, theater, visual arts,…