Staging Melville
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21740107 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Betsy Klima (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-242 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pedagogy Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature Language Composition and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-4200 • E-ISSN: 1533-6255 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/15314200-11625222 |
| OpenAlex | W4409983471 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article argues that performance pedagogy can invest students in difficult literary texts through slow reading and textual adaptation. Drawing on her experience of teaching Herman Melville's “Benito Cereno” to her multilingual students, the author uses Melville's interest in drama and performance as a jumping-off point for an exercise in adapting the text for in-class performance
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| Highly cited | No |
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