ERIC Number: EJ1345859
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Publication Date: 2022
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Forging New Realities: Using Drama Conventions and Poetry to Explore the Issue of Terrorism
Barlow, William D.; MacGregor, James
English in Education, v56 n2 p174-185 2022
This conceptual paper examines the possibilities for restorying the self through drama conventions using narrative poetry as a stimulus. Using the poem "The Terrorist, He's Watching" by Wislawa Szymborska to engage with drama conventions, we illustrate how educators might support young and marginalised people to participate in the process of restorying. In doing so, we argue for the importance of using poetry and drama to create meta-narratives of discourse which empower participants to restory themselves into the dominant forms of narrative through creative exploration. Szymborska's poem has been chosen as a stimulus due to the poet's use of multiple perspectives and roles, in different times and places, which enable people to reshape and reimagine their identity and explore dominant narratives about terrorism. The authors intend to follow this conceptual piece with an empirical study.
Descriptors: Drama, Poetry, Terrorism, Narration, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Young Adults, Disadvantaged, Power Structure, English Instruction
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