Costumes, Props, Role-Playing, Active Learning: Performative Pedagogy in the Medieval Studies Classroom

Author / Editor
Stock, Lorraine K.

Title
Costumes, Props, Role-Playing, Active Learning: Performative Pedagogy in the Medieval Studies Classroom

Published
Susan Yager and Elise E. Morse-Gagné, eds. Interpretation and Performance: Essays for Alan Gaylord (Provo, UT: Chaucer Studio Press, 2013), pp. 135-47.

Description
Oral performance of ambiguous lines can illustrate their various possible meanings. Emphasizes how recordings and online materials can supplement student reading and performance, and how films can help readers visualize key moments. Costumes, props, and role-plays also enliven Chaucer and medieval literature for students.

Alternative Title
Interpretation and Performance: Essays for Alan Gaylord.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Recordings and Films