This One Is for the Groundlings

Pedagogy Apr 2011

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Abstract

Based on Walter Eggers's article “Teaching Drama: a Manifesto,” this article discusses practical ways to emphasize the persistence and popularity of the dramatic tradition in an introduction to drama course. I argue that drama's popularity is an essential tool for teaching the genre to undergraduates in all disciplines, and to demonstrate this tenet in my own experience, I give examples of how I taught formal and thematic elements through their use in contemporary media as well as several assignments that demonstrate the symbiotic relationship between staged theatre and its multimedia counterparts.

Journal: Pedagogy
Published: 2011-04-01
DOI: 10.1215/15314200-1218121
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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Eggers (2007)

Teaching Drama: A Manifesto

Pedagogy
Bérubé (2002)

Teaching to the Six

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