March 16

Happy St. Patricks Day. here is a link to Eddie Lenihan, Irish Seanachie

As we approach working on personal stories, check out these popular personal story venues:

Story Corps
The Moth
2nd Story
This American Life

Tuesday, March 9

Mara, Diana, Gwen, and Chris were present. There may have been confusion because of the "Friday on Tuesday" schedule but we did indeed hold class.

Here is a mid-term quiz for all of you:

DRAMA 126, Basic Storytelling • Instructor: Novak

Name:__________________________________________Date:

You can submit this in class, 3/16, or via email to: novateller@aol.com

I.In her introduction, Sawyer quotes The Crock of Gold: “...what the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”
What does this mean to you?



How does the storyteller involve “the heart” of the listener?



II.Define the following terms:

Scald
Ollamh
Bard
Pinkerdd
Mabinog

III.Define these additional terms, not found in Sawyer:

Aoidos
Bankelsanger
Kamishibai

IV.Re: Origins of storytelling, we discussed the Seneca story of Grandfather Stone.

How might we “get stories from stones” or other aspects of the natural world?




Give an example of a pattern from the natural world that matches a familiar story.




V.After our hula lesson we discussed qualities from hula that we might invoke in telling stories.

What are some of these qualities and how can we use them in our storytelling?