Product Description: In "Public Reading in Early Christianity: Lectors, Manuscripts, and Sound in the Oral Delivery of John 1-4" Dan Nasselqvist investigates the oral delivery of New Testament writings in early Christian communities of the first two centuries C...read more

For over fifty years, Oral Interpretation has successfully prepared students to analyze and perform literature through an accessible, step-by-step process. The authors classic commitment to helping students understand literature then to embody and evoke the work has been refined to offer students a more concise, user-friendly process that will help them succeed in their daunting first performance. Updated with a tightly edited collection of classic and contemporary selections, each chapter provides a wide variety of selections for students at all levels. Chapters devoted to each genre---narrative, poetry, drama, group performance–explore the unique challenges of each form while newly revised chapters on Using the Body and Using the Voice in performance introduce students to technical exercises to promote performance flexibility.

Product Description: This book is designed as a guide for readers who want to become more confident and effective in communicating the meaning of God s Word clearly to listeners. Reading scripture aloud involves a great many considerations by the reader: knowledge and understanding, faith, respect, spirit and heart, vocal skill, and physical control...read more

Product Description: ­The performance of literature discipline seems as vibrant and innovative as ever.The new sixth edition of Communicating Literature: An Introduction to Oral Interpretation reflects changes in the performance of literature since the first edition was published in 1991...read more

This book uses evidence from theatrical hand-books, performance practice and drama training to provide a synthesis of academic and theatrical approaches to the Shakespearean text. Abigail Rokison's work combines scholarship with practical exploration in the rehearsal room. In looking at theatrical interaction with early printed and modern edited texts, Rokison investigates the potential impact of editorial principles of lineation and punctuation on theatrical delivery. The book alerts editors to ways in which actors may interpret editorial emendations, and theatre practitioners to diverse authorial, editorial and compositional methods. It contains suggestions for a 'theatrical text' which makes clear the metrical structure of a scene whilst also indicating areas of ambiguous lineation. Providing a fresh perspective on Renaissance actors' parts, the book includes detailed analysis of the structural properties of the verse, in particular short lines, shared lines, end-stopping and enjambment in a range of Shakespearean texts.

Product Description: This is an intensely practical handbook for students, actors, and teachers on how to cope with text, character, and situation. Barbara Houseman’s method is to state a precept and devise an exercise to explore it. The result is a book with a practical exercise on almost every page...read more

Product Description: The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer. An original and insightful exploration of the act of reading by the leading scholar in the field...read more

A history of slam poetry culture in the Big Apple and beyond places an emphasis on three major twentieth-century arts movements, including the Harlem Renaissance, the Beats, and hip hop, in a chronicle that traces the origins of slam at the Nuyorican Poets' Café and its monumental popularity as supported through such venues as Lollapalooza and MTV's Unplugged. Original.

Product Description: Book by Ronald J. Pelias, Tracy Stephenson Shaffer

Product Description: Storytelling is a universal human activity and oral narration ― particularly modern ‘conversational' narration such as anecdotes or personal stories ― has long been fertile ground for linguists working on tense usage across a variety of languages...read more

Do you spend an abnormal amount of time hiding out in the bathroom or hanging out at the buffet table at social gatherings? Does the thought of striking up a conversation with a stranger make your stomach do flip-flops? Do you sit nervously through job interviews waiting for the other person to speak? Are you a "Nervous Ned" (or "Nervous Nellie") when it comes to networking? Then it's time you mastered The FINE Art of Small Talk. With practical advice and conversation "cheat sheets," The FINE Art of Small Talk will help you learn to feel more comfortable in any type of social situation, from lunch with the boss to an association event to a cocktail party where you don't know a soul. The Fine Art of Small Talk teaches you to: Start a conversation even when you think you have nothing to say Avoid foot-in-mouth disease Stable your shaky knees and dry your sweaty palms Prevent pregnant pauses and awkward silences Adopt listening skills that will make you a better conversationalist Approach social functions with confidence Feel more at ease at parties, meetings, job interviews, and trade shows Turn every conversation into an opportunity for success

Product Description: PERFORMING LITERARY TEXTS gives you the skills and strategies you need for success in your oral interpretation course. Offering a performance-oriented approach, you'll see you to take into account the audience and the occasion as well as diversity and culture as it relates to performance, storytelling, and analysis...read more

Product Description: For over fifty years, Oral Interpretation has successfully prepared readers to analyze and perform literature through an accessible, step-by-step process. The authors classic commitment to helping readers understand literature then to embody and evoke the work has been refined to offer a more concise, user-friendly process that will help them succeed in their daunting first performance...read more

Product Description: The foolproof results of a polished and professional verbal delivery illustrate how the voice can be used to achieve greater confidence, credibility, professional success, and sales in this handbook on applying voice-control techniques used by voice-over artists in business communications...read more

Addresses the challenge faced by Shakespearan actors to deliver his words as they were intended as well as in an understandable and dramatically effective manner, offering advice on dramatic resonance, breathing, and placement.

Product Description: Interpretation is an artistic process of studying literature through performance and sharing that study with an audience. Yordon's Roles in Interpretation prepares students for the roles they will play in performances by explaining interpretation through a wide variety of literary forms, performance styles, and recent theories of interpretation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Performance Studies: The Interpretation of Aesthetic Texts

Explains how plays are structured, looks at theatrical exposition, theme, and images, and shows how to analyze a play and understand its production

Product Description: Improvising Shakespeare is a book designed for college actors, directors, and others who are trying to learn how to bring dramatic texts to the stage. Most readers come to a play ready to discuss issues, argue themes, or analyze imagery...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Written by two leading scholars in the field, this book-centered approach to performance of literature that draws on interpersonal communication theory for its procedure. The book presents a single approach to the development of literary performance that relates to theory and practice in other areas of speech communication: public speaking and conversational analysis...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Storytelling is a common form of communication that people engage in nearly every day. When elevated to an art, however, a talented storyteller has a spell-binding ability to bring a story to life. Now you too can learn the art and weave your own magic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)