Oral Interpretation I, II, III (One to Three Credits).

Explain definitions and theories of oral interpretation as a communication art.

Analyze the role of the interpreter and the ethical responsibilities to the author, the literary text, and the audience.

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Select literature appropriate for the reader, the audience, and the occasion.

Apply standards of literary merit when selecting literature for individual or group performance.

Choose literature that can be appropriately adapted.

Select performance materials from a variety of literary genre.

Read the text to grasp the author's meaning, theme, tone, and purpose.

Research the author, author's works, literary criticism, allusions in the text, and definitions and pronunciations of words to enhance understanding and appreciation of the chosen text.

Identify and analyze the literary form or genre.

Identify and analyze structural elements in the chosen text.

Identify and analyze the narrative voice and/or other speakers such as personae in the literature.

Identify and analyze the time, place, and atmosphere.

Analyze the shifts or transitions in speaker, time, and place to determine who is speaking, to whom they are speaking, where they are speaking, when they are speaking, and for what reason they are speaking.

Analyze individual units such as paragraphs, verses, sentences, and lines for meaning and specificity.

Identify descriptive phrases, figures of speech, stylistic devices, and word choices to analyze the imagery in the text.

Trace the emotional progression of the text.

Recognize literal and symbolic meanings, universal themes, or unique aspects of the text.

Maintain ethical responsibility to author, text, and audience when adapting literature.

Apply appropriate criteria for lifting scenes and cutting literary selections.

Use effective strategies for planning and organizing programs focused on a specific theme, author, or central comment.

Write appropriate introductions, transitions, and/or conclusions to supplement the text.

Justify the use or nonuse of manuscript or other aids.

Justify strategies for the use of focus, gesture, and movement.

Justify the use of vocal strategies such as rate, pitch, inflection, volume, and pause.

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Use research, analysis, personal experiences, and responses to the literature to justify performance choices.

Use effective rehearsal strategies to promote internalization and visualization of the text.

Use appropriate rehearsal strategies to develop confidence and enhance effective communication of the text to an audience in individual and group performance.

Participate in effective group decision-making processes to prepare and present group performances.

Present individual and group performances.

Listen critically and appreciatively and respond appropriately to the performances of others.

Analyze and evaluate various performance styles.

Use a variety of techniques to evaluate and critique one's own and others' performances.

Set goals for future performances based on evaluation.