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A Novel Study Through Drama
Author(s) -
Macy Leonora
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.58.3.2
Subject(s) - drama , variety (cybernetics) , feeling , psychology , reading (process) , transactional analysis , transactional leadership , tone (literature) , aesthetics , pedagogy , social psychology , visual arts , linguistics , literature , art , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
In this article, Rosenblatt's transactional theory of reading is used to build a rationale for using drama to promote an aesthetic stance to novel study. One teacher's experience with implementing a variety of drama strategies within the study of the text Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is explored. The focus of the exploration is on the types of drama strategies the teacher used to enhance her students' personal involvement during the novel study. Through drama, the students were provided with the opportunity to savor the images, sounds, smells, actions, and feelings that the words of the text evoked. The students were encouraged to adopt a range of stances on the aesthetic‐efferent continuum through a variety of sound and serviceable drama strategies. An in‐depth analysis of the student responses is provided.