dramatic discourse

[Vershawn Ashanti Young]

Dear Jari,

I think I responded to this message before on dramatic discourse.  But I will
do so again.  I think it is especially important for you to consider African
American sources that deal with this issue.  There is a very specific
tradition in African American dramatic literature that uses rhetoric as a
social and political tool.  As I wrote before, my MA thesis was a rhetorical
analysis of dramatic literature of the Harlem Renaissance.  There are many
sources there directly related to your topic.  It is available on microfiche
from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.  The title is "Inner Live
Versus Outer Life: The Dramatic Literature of the Harlem Renaissance."
Also you should become acquainted with Samual Hay's book "African American
Theatre: An Historical and Critical Analysis."

I hope this help. And I would be willing to provide more info to you if you
think this was helpful. IF not, please let me know.

Vershawn Ashanti Young

In a message dated 3/10/99 4:43:36 AM Central Standard Time,
T.Bloor at ASTON.AC.UK writes:

<< Jari

 This is decidedly not my field. There must be masses of later stuff, but
 here are a couple of very old refs that might be useful:

 Burton, Deirdre (1980) Dialogue and Discourse: a Sociolinguistic Approach
 to Modern Drama Dialogue and Naturally Occurring Conversation (Routledge &
 Kegan Paul)

 Elam, Keir (1980) The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama (Methuen)

 several papers in Carter, Ronald & Simpson, Paul (eds) (1989) Language,
 Discourse and Literature (Unwin Hyman):  Short, Mick 'Discourse analysis
 and the analysis of drama'; Simpson, Paul 'Politeness phenomena in
 Ionesco's "The Lesson"; Nash, Walter 'Changing the guard at Elsinore'

 Tom

 Jari Kokkinen wrote:

 >Iisalmi, Finland 24th February, 1999
 >
 >Hello all,
 >
 >I am a post-graduate student of the English Department in the University
 >of Jyvaskyla, Finland, althopugh I reside in Iisalmi, where I am
 >currently working as a teacher of English, drama and
 >substance abuse at a social and health polytechnic.
 >
 >The area of my interest is drama as the target of discourse analysis
 >in the field of cultural studies. My topic is James Baldwin's
 >controversial play "Blues for Mr. Charlie" (1964), in which I am
 >reading race and gender in conflicts between its main characters. I am
 >currently trying to find both literature dealing with drama as discourse
 >(haven't found any so far) and, more importantly a third reader for my
 >future Doctorate, who should come from outside our Department. I am
 >currently in the process of starting to write the first draft of the
 >Thesis and would welcome all the help I could get.
 >
 >Yours sincerely,
 >
 >Jari Kokkinen
 >leo170863 at hotmail.com
 >
 >or
 >
 >leo63 at saunalahti.fi
 >
 > >>