EDUCATION 220 - Storytelling and the Oral Tradition

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching; knowing how to marshal words, voice, gestures and sense to steer an audience's collective imagination is still a useful part of any communicator's competence. The scholarship concerning story and the oral tradition is hefty and interesting. In this course students develop and refine their skill as story tellers, as they consider dozens of stories from many traditions, and read scholarly analyses of the oral tradition. Students perform several stories in the course of the semester, both in class and for out-of-class audiences. The course is intended to fulfill a performing arts goal. Typical readings: Campbell , The Hero With 1,000 Faces ; Hearne , Beauties and Beasts ; Luthi , The European Folktale ; MacDonald , Storyteller's Start-Up Boo k; Bettelhei m, The Uses of Enchantmen t; Rodar i, The Grammar of Fantas y; Zipe s, The Brothers Grim m; Yole n, Favorite Folktales From Around the World. (Templ e, offered occasionally

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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