communicative social acts" (24). But because Julien would both sniff at the idea of associating the oral with Africa‚ while simultaneously acknowledging the fact that "there is a continuity in African verbal arts The artists are creatures of culture‚ their traditions are in them and inform their works" (25)‚ she engages in too much special pleading‚ betraying a defensiveness or protectionism toward Africa and the oral which is as objectionable as the Eurocentric prejudices that she attacks. If we are
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Oral Tradition‚ 15/1 (2000): 26-38 Dario Fo and Oral Tradition: Creating a Thematic Context1 Antonio Scuderi A historical analysis‚ especially a critical one‚ of an actor’s techniques is impossible if the actor does not have “poetics.” It is by means of “poetics”—in the themes by which it is developed—that the “techniques” acquire depth and meaning and become a “style.” Totò2 has a poetics that is rich in themes and motifs that weave and dovetail‚ presenting a whole and complex vision
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In Walter Benjamin’s book Illuminations‚ two particular chapters are relevant to the corpus of works that make up film study. “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproductions” and “The Storyteller” outline a progressive history from oral traditions to the modern traditions such as film that resulted and the bumps that have been encountered along the way. Central to these two chapters is the idea of aura. Aura‚ though difficult to define‚ is a concept that is easy to perceive because of its engaging qualities
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encyclopedia was collated. A few hundred years before that people did not have books or they were too expensive for most people to own. This was the time of the oral tradition during which people had to rely on the spoken word as means of learning new things. Memorization is perhaps the most import aspect of the oral tradition. There was not much difficulty for me in remembering the story. The only problem I ran into when recording what I heard was in the recollection of specifics. I remembered
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library has burned down” has become so famous that it is sometimes used as an African proverb. He was commenting on the loss of African oral heritage‚ in praise of both old age and oral tradition‚ which contributes to the historical components of humanities memory. “The folktale is a key source of oral tradition‚ as are other forms of narrative and rituals that are considered essential components of cultural anthropology and ethnology”. (folkculture.org) There is a certain characteristic and
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Eng. 410 Term Paper Influence/Power of Storytelling in Midnight Robber Caribbean women writers have been writing since the 18th century‚ prior to this they were silent; they had no voice. These women have used the oral tradition of storytelling as a mode of literary expression‚ and in many cases the choice has been a mixing of discourses‚ specifically a transcribing of peculiar African oral features into European-derived written form (Adu-Gyamfi 1999). For the first part of the twentieth
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ADDICTION COUNSELING WITH GROUPS AND FAMILIES Tabitha Young‚ PhD‚ LMHC‚ LAC‚ NCC Overview of Chapter ●Introduction ●Evolution of Group Treatment ●Group Dynamics‚ Process and Structure ●Group Treatment in the Continuum of Care ●Pragmatics of Group Treatment ●Group Treatment Efficacy Introduction ●Group treatment is the most common modality for the delivery of services to individuals and families recovering from substance use disorders. ●Psychoeducational groups can provide means for learning
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meeting that I had chosen was an open‚ discussion themed meeting‚ it was handicap accessible‚ it covered the 12 Steps‚ and covered the 12 Traditions of AA. It was to held at 6:15 P.M.‚ and was about 10 minutes away from my home. I had chosen this meeting because this meeting covered aspects of AA that I was not personally familiar with; such as The 12 Traditions and 12 Steps‚ but also because their name sounded
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century Caribbean world. The time when Walcott was writing marked a period of political and creative activity. Walcott himself pointed out the need for bringing together the different creative elements from African‚ European and West Indian art traditions. The most powerful among the indigenous cultural elements is orality that Walcott combined with Western dialogical form in his famous play‚ Ti-Jean and his Brothers. He himself termed it ‘My most West Indian play’. Christopher Balm in Decolonizing
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Tradition makes up the very fabric of society. It helps establish the social norms of what is accepted and what is not. Tradition affects everyone within the society as early as childhood. It helps individuals establish they principles and their values. The outlook in life that every individual has is heavily affected by their traditions. Traditions influences everything such as religion‚ language‚ lifestyle‚ food‚ art and culture. Tradition is a fundamental factor for an individual because it helps
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