Staging Melville

Pedagogy Apr 2025

Betsy Klima

Abstract

Abstract This article argues that performance pedagogy can invest students in difficult literary texts through slow reading and textual adaptation. Drawing on her experience of teaching Herman Melville's “Benito Cereno” to her multilingual students, the author uses Melville's interest in drama and performance as a jumping-off point for an exercise in adapting the text for in-class performance.

Journal: Pedagogy
Published: 2025-04-01
DOI: 10.1215/15314200-11625222
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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