SPCH 2005 – Oral Tradition, Narration, and Story-telling

(3 credits) 3 hours lecture

Students will develop skills in storytelling by examining the elements of communication essential to the storytelling event. This performance based class will focus on developing the visual and aural elements necessary to share the narrator’s words and illustrate the images in the story. Vocal expression, characterization and body language, including gesturing and facial expression, will be studied.