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On Stage, Off Script: Critical Performance Studies
This textbook explores how performance and oral interpretation bring literature to life through voice, body, and connection. Students examine whose voices and stories are valued, how performance shapes identity and culture, and how it can challenge social norms. Through literature, students develop curiosity, empathy, intentional expression, and authentic voices.
- Author
- Stephanie Anderson
- Publisher
- De Anza College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 48 sections
- 01: An Introduction to Performing Literature
- 1.01: Welcome to the World of Performance
- 1.02: What is Performance
- 1.03: What is Oral Interpretation of Literature
- 1.04: References
- 02: Ethics of Performance
- 2.01: Dialogical Performance
- 2.02: The Custodian's Rip-Off
- 2.03: The Enthusiast's Infatuation
- 2.04: The Curator's Exhibitionism
- 2.05: The Skeptic's Cop-Out
- 2.06: References
- 03: What is Literature
- 3.01: Genres of Literature to Perform
- 3.02: Selecting Literature
- 3.03: References
- 04: Performing Poetry
- 4.01: Defining Poetry
- 4.02: Analyzing Poetry
- 4.03: Performance of Poetry
- 4.04: References
- 05: Performing Prose
- 5.01: Defining Prose
- 5.02: Performance of Prose
- 5.03: References
- 06: Performing Drama
- 6.01: Defining Drama
- 6.02: Performance of Drama
- 6.03: References
- 07: Arranging Literature for Performance
- 7.01: Cutting
- 7.02: Organizing
- 7.03: Organizing Multiple Pieces of Literature Together
- 7.04: References
- 08: Composing Introductions and Transitions
- 8.01: Composing Introductions
- 8.02: Composing Transitions
- 8.03: References
- 09: Finding Our Voice and Purpose
- 9.01: Practical Vocal Delivery Techniques
- 9.02: Liminality Within Performance
- 9.03: Transformative Performance
- 9.04: References
- 10: Embodied Performances
- 10.01: Your Focus
- 10.02: Mimicking Movement
- 10.03: Abstract Movement
- 10.04: References