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Elaine Showalter (2003)

Teaching drama provides an active learning model for teaching literature because teaching itself is a dramatic art that takes place in a classroom setting like a stage. With the professor as the lead actor, teaching assistants as supporting cast, and students as the audience, there is an opportunity to use the classroom space as a theater when appropriate. This allows students to gain experience with literature in an interactive way rather than just listening to lectures.

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Elaine Showalter (2003)

Teaching drama provides an active learning model for teaching literature because teaching itself is a dramatic art that takes place in a classroom setting like a stage. With the professor as the lead actor, teaching assistants as supporting cast, and students as the audience, there is an opportunity to use the classroom space as a theater when appropriate. This allows students to gain experience with literature in an interactive way rather than just listening to lectures.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Teaching drama is also a paradigm for active learning and the reflective teaching
of literature, because teaching is itself a dramatic art and it takes place in a dramatic
setting. As Kenneth Eble points out, it is commonly forgotten that the classroom offers
the rudiments of a stage. In auditoriums, used as classrooms, everything is here,
including curtains and lights. There is little to be lost and much to be gained in using the
classroom, when appropriate, as theater. The professor is also an actor, with teaching
assistants as the supporting cast and students as audience.

Elaine Showalter (2003)

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