SP 231: Performance of Literature (3 credits)

Catalog Description

Introduction to the study of literature through performance. Practice in rhetorical and literary analysis culminating in and performance of literary selections for an audience. The nature of performance criticism. (3 hrs. lect.)

Prerequisite: Credit for ENG 100 or SP 151.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Use an in-depth process of written literary analysis to understand and appreciate various selections from prose, poetry and dramatic literature.
• Utilize voice, speech and body to interpret and communicate effectively to an audience selections from prose, poetry and dramatic literature.
• Use emotion and imagination through recall and transference to bring the literary happenings alive in a creative experience.
• Listen critically and appreciatively to the oral presentation of various selections from prose, poetry and dramatic literature and give evaluation feedback to peers as well as analyze in writing one’s own performances.

Degrees and Certificates at WCC the Course Applies To

• WCC Associate in Arts: FO or DA

Pathfinder to resources on:

• Speech
• Rhetoric

Current Syllabus

none currently available

Past Syllabi

None