Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman (Approaches to Teaching World Literature #153)

By: Matthew Calihman

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Synopsis: First performed in 1964, Amiri Baraka's play about a charged encounter between a black man and a white woman still has the power to shock. The play, steeped in the racial issues of its time, continues to speak to racial violence and inequality today.This volume offers strategies for guiding students through this short but challenging text. Part 1, "Materials," provides resources for biographical information, critical and literary backgrounds, and the play's early production history. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," address viewing and staging Dutchman theatrically in class. They help instructors ground the play artistically in the black arts movement, the beat generation, the theater of the absurd, pop music, and the blues. Background on civil rights, black power movements, the history of slavery, and Jim Crow laws helps contextualize the play politically and historically.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781603293563
Related ISBNs:: 9781603293556
Publisher:: Modern Language Association of America
Date of Addition:: 07/22/23
Copyrighted By:: The Modern Language Association of America
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Education, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Matthew Calihman
Edited by:: Gerald Early