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The Write Way to Act

Phillips, Laura J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1433594247

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2015, Master of Arts in English, Youngstown State University, Department of Languages.
The Write Way to Act addresses the pedagogy of utilizing composition, sociolinguistics and second language acquisition in developing a character for the stage. The assertion is that aspects of the English discipline can be applied by the method actor through the composition of a Character's Diary, which takes into consideration important theories of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, to develop a deeper and more meaningful connection to any character an actor may embody. Furthermore, this connection can be re-acquired almost immediately either before a performance or while onstage because the Character's Diary reveals memories of the character that the actor can relate to and draw upon for emotional recall. This thesis not only addresses the theoretical aspects of such pedagogy but also offers a blueprint of application through my own personal ethnographic study in which I successfully applied this theory to my own character when taking on the role of Mama in, I Remember Mama.
Jeffrey Buchanan, PhD (Committee Chair)
Steven Brown, PhD (Committee Member)
William Greenway, PhD (Committee Member)
101 p.
Composition; Fine Arts; Language Arts; Linguistics; Performing Arts; Teaching; Theater; Theater Studies
Acting; Composition; Theater; Theatre; English; Sociolinguistics; Second Language Acquisition; SLA; Character Development

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  • Phillips, L. J. (2015). The Write Way to Act [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1433594247

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Phillips, Laura. The Write Way to Act. 2015. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1433594247.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Phillips, Laura. "The Write Way to Act." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1433594247

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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