Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation

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Excerpt from Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation: Practice Book for Vocal Expression Selves, long ere this, an absolute necessity in the teaching of literature is, I believe, largely our own fault. I have ale ready indicated one reason why vocal expression has been Slow to gain friends among teachers of literature, viz standards in our own work. Let us face the matter frankly. Too often we do find teachers of expression whose interests, sometimes from choice, sometimes from necessity, are chie¿y concerned with the preparing of students for recital only, such preparation consisting largely of a coaching process with little or no effort to arouse original thought or feeling, or to emphasize in the student definite thought processes. Beyond this, and of paramount importance, the voice, ex cept in its needs for that special recitation, is given abso lutely no attention, and the student no idea at all of vocalization in general. Because of this many people are still under the impression that work in vocal expression is largely a coaching and imitative process. Nothing could be further from the aim of any true work in the art. Again we use, and permit the use of material for inter pretation that is largely useless and hopeless. It has little literary value and no really human appeal. How long will it yet be, before we of this profession Shall definitely insist upon the use of a higher grade of material for public read ing? There will always be a public, and the kind of public we want, for readings of some literary value. We have no right to complain if that 'same desirable public refuses to take notice, even, of so called recitals and reciters - or per formers. If there must be performers, let them use the vaudeville stage where they, too, may find a proper audi ence, one that expects costumes and lights, accessories and performance, but not necessarily thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.