Command Attention Rather Than Demand Concentration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21340742 |
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| Authors | Joe Winston (University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-122 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Aesthetic Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8510 • E-ISSN: 1543-7809 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/jaesteduc.55.1.0109 |
| OpenAlex | W3121901247 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In this review of Matthew DeCoursey’s book on the aesthetics of drama education, I acknowledge the originality and usefulness of the theoretical framework he provides and attempt to summarize its key features. In applying them to an example of my own practice, I make use of the conceptual terminology DeCoursey has introduced and argue that it is both effective and illuminating to the practitioner. In tracing the trajectory of DeCoursey’s subsequent analysis of key theorists in the field, the study of scripted drama, and the extensive use of drama across the curriculum, I attempt to do justice to the strengths of his argument, as well as pointing out what I perceive as some of its inherent weaknesses. I conclude by indicating some gaps in his attention to both historical and current practices in the field while still commending the book for its much-needed contribution
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Curriculum · Drama · Economic Justice · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Key (lock) · Linguistics · Literature · Originality · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Terminology · Art Education and Development · Computer Science · Creative Drama in Education · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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