Roles in Interpretation

by Judy E. Yordon

Tailored for novice students,yet challenging enough for advanced students,the text stresses the importance of studying literature through performance. This revision covers new multicultural and nontraditional literature. Chapter 9,"Assorted Roles",features an expanded discussion of the various selections.

Genres: Theatre

433 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1989

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yordon guides readers/students through the use of performance as a means of interpretation. Discussions on interpretation of prose and dramatic works offer some advanced ways to approach texts for forensics performance (the principal reason I read this). The section on Poetry is less satisfactory, given the author's love of older, more metrical poetry. Contemporary forms are more fluid in rhythm, stress, and line so this interpretive approach does not unlock the meaning quite so well.

For high school performers, the book offers some sound insight for line-by-line, clause by clause reading that will allow them to capture the subtle changes found in texts.