Aesthetic Patterning of Verbal Art and the Performance-Centered Text.

Autor/in	Fine, Elizabeth C.
Institution	Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX.
Titel	Aesthetic Patterning of Verbal Art and the Performance-Centered Text.
Quelle	(1980), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Literature; Discourse Analysis; Folk Culture; Language Research; Literary Criticism; Narration; Oral Interpretation; Paralinguistics; Sociolinguistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; Sprachforschung; Literaturkritik; Oral language; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Paralinguistik; Soziolinguistik
Abstract	An artistic verbal performance is something more than words, yet most critical commentary on this genre focuses on the word, on the linguistic level. A methodology for making performance-centered texts is described based on the performance of "Stagolee," a story that originated from Julius Lester's book, "Black Folktales." A performance-centered text is defined as an intersemiotic translation from performance to print medium, which is to be studied on its own terms as a communicative, aesthetic transaction situated in a particular context. The perceptual focus of the analysis entails a grasping of meaning and reflects an intuitional epistemology. A performance of the story was videotaped, and paralinguistic and kinesic features were noted as well as vocal characterizers, dialect, pauses, emphases, and audience response. These were translated into the written text, transcribed in such a way that readers can restore the integral presence of the original text through performance. A comparison is made of this translation of the text and Lester's version. One conclusion of the study is that texts which neglect to record nonverbal and contextual features have missed a vital part of the aesthetic transaction. (AMH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC