Old China Through The Eyes Of A Storyteller

Author : Julie Moss Herrera
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781935166863
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old China Through the Eyes of a Storyteller written by Julie Moss Herrera and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bobby Norfolk
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781624910470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eye to the Sky written by Bobby Norfolk and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring autobiography by an Emmy Award winning story performer.

Author : Elizabeth Ellis
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781935166818
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Plot to Narrative written by Elizabeth Ellis and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers illuminating analogies and concrete examples in a ten step "layered" approach to the writing process and story creation.

Author : Michael David Kwan
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462901301
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese Storyteller's Book written by Michael David Kwan and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a universe constructed in layers: At the top is Heaven—where the gods live. Beneath is the Earth, where people dwell. And beneath the Earth lies a magical realm of witches, vampires, ghosts, and immortal foxes capable of assuming human form. This is the universe of Chinese folktale. The nine tales in The Chinese Storytellers Book show what happens when the worlds of Earth and the supernatural collide. The cast of characters, both humble and fantastic, includes: A young man willing to spend a night in a haunted mansion to prove that the spirit world does not exist Fox faeries wearying of their immortality and craving the uncertainty of human experiences A bored husband looking for excitement—but finding mortal danger instead Michael David Kwan first heard these tales told by street–corner storytellers during his childhood in China. He retells them through his own unique literary vision—through the lens of his own personality, experience, and imagination.

Author : Shirley A. Taylor
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617775622
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stable Boy written by Shirley A. Taylor and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the little town of Bethlehem, many years ago, a young boy lived with his mother. They lived in stables throughout the village, finding work with the innkeepers. Although they were poor and had to work hard to survive, the boy's mother had a strong faith in God. But the boy was afraid the coming Messiah she always spoke of would be unable to find them since they traveled from stable to stable. When the boy was just six years old, his mother became sick and passed away. The boy was very sad, and from that day on, he did not speak a word. For the next two years, he wandered the streets of Bethlehem, struggling to carry on. No one knew his name, so he became known simply as the Stable Boy. One evening, the Stable Boy overheard people talking about the Messiah his mother used to tell him about. He fell asleep dreaming of the King coming for him. Would the Messiah really come for The Stable Boy?

Author : Penelope Starr
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781624911019
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Radical Act of Community Storytelling written by Penelope Starr and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- Part One: How to Create and Produce a Community Storytelling Series -- Voices Uncensored -- What It's About -- In the Beginning -- A Bit of Storytelling History -- Getting Started -- Finding a Venue -- Finding a Name -- Finding Storytellers -- Finding Themes -- Finding an Audience -- The Rehearsal -- Opening Night -- Guest Curators -- Finding Volunteers -- When Things Go Wrong -- Creating a Business Plan -- Becoming a 501(c)(3) -- Teaching Workshops -- Storytelling Projects -- Moving and Growing -- Part Two: Why Everyone Can Benefit from Community Storytelling -- Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking -- Storytelling vs. Therapy -- Diversity -- Dispelling Prejudice -- Building Bridges -- Healing -- Making Connections -- Community Awareness and Fundraising -- Ripple Effect -- Teaching Lessons -- Creativity -- Part Three: Keeping It Organized -- Forms, Timelines, Contracts -- Curator and Producer Agreement and Timeline -- Storyteller and Curator Agreement and Timeline -- Show Timeline Checklist -- Rehearsal notes -- Photo/Video/Audio Release Agreement -- 11 Things to Do If You Are Nervous About Going Onstage -- Tips for Tellers -- Story Outline List of Things to Take -- Script for Curator -- Guest List -- Program -- Email list -- Sign, 2 yellow -- Sign, 5 green -- Sign, WRAP IT UP red -- Resources -- Acknowledgements

Author : Vibeke Boerdahl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136108424
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eternal Storyteller written by Vibeke Boerdahl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese storytelling has survived through more than a millennium into our own time, while similar oral arts have fallen into oblivion in the West. Under the main heading of 'The Eternal Storyteller', in August 1996 the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies hosted an International Workshop on Oral Literature in Modern China. To this meeting, the first of its kind in Europe, five special guests were invited - master tellers from Yangzhou: Wang Xizotang, Li Xintang, Fei Zhengliang, Dai Buzhang and Hui Zhaolong. The volume derived from this meeting includes an introductory article written by John Miles Foley entitled 'A Comparative View on Oral Traditions'. Thereafter, a wide range of topics relating to Chinese oral literature is covered under the headings: 'Historical Lines', 'A Spectrium of Genres', 'Studies of Yangzhou and Suzhou Story- telling' and 'Performances of Yangzhou Storytelling'. However, the present volume does more than include papers derived from the meeting. It is also lavishly illustrated in word and picture from performances by the guest-storytellers. In so doing, the world of Chinese story telling is not just described and analysed - it is also brought to life.

Author : Jacob Lotinga
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557144523
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China's Holy Hikes written by Jacob Lotinga and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While China counted down to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, university English teacher Jacob Lotinga embarked on a journey of discovery by hiking China's holy mountains - some Buddhist, some Taoist.Fancy chatting with Buddhist and Taoist monks and nuns, rubbing shoulders with pilgrims and porters, or drinking cool water from a bowl in a peak-top temple guesthouse while humming Cui Jian's 'Fake Monk'?China's Holy Hikes offers readers eight irresistible and illuminating holy mountain sketches, vanishing into the mist and cloud of five Taoist and three Buddhist peaks and meeting a host of interesting characters along the way. It also offers a glimpse of different regions, covers some social issues and provides insight into the psychology of one hiker.Author Jacob Lotinga has taught English at four mainland Chinese universities and has also worked in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.

Author : Val Wang
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698156994
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beijing Bastard written by Val Wang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider’s perspective to China’s shift from ancient empire to modern superpower Raised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe—until she shaved her head and became a leftist, the stuff of many teenage rebellions. But Val’s true mutiny was when she moved to China, the land her parents had fled before the Communist takeover in 1949. Val arrives in Beijing in 1998 expecting to find freedom but instead lives in the old city with her traditional relatives, who wake her at dawn with the sound of a state-run television program playing next to her cot, make a running joke of how much she eats, and monitor her every move. But outside, she soon discovers a city rebelling against its roots just as she is, struggling too to find a new, modern identity. Rickshaws make way for taxicabs, skyscrapers replace hutong courtyard houses, and Beijing prepares to make its debut on the world stage with the 2008 Olympics. And in the gritty outskirts of the city where she moves, a thriving avant-garde subculture is making art out of the chaos. Val plunges into the city’s dizzying culture and nightlife and begins shooting a documentary, about a Peking Opera family who is witnessing the death of their traditional art. Brilliantly observed and winningly told, Beijing Bastard is a compelling story of a young woman finding her place in the world and of China, as its ancient past gives way to a dazzling but uncertain future.

Author : Loren Niemi
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781935166634
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Book of Plots written by Loren Niemi and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the space of the thirty-some years I have called myself a storyteller, the balance of what I tell has shifted from children''s stories and traditional folk and fairy tales told in schools, churches, and community centers to stories drawn directly from my own experiences. But I also understand that by adapting and re-imagining traditional folk and fairy tale material, you can provide a point of entry for contemporary listeners to experience, as psychologist Bruno Bettelheim has suggested in his book The Uses of Enchantment, the continuing power of the old stories to speak to the imagination and heart. Wanting to make a connection between the older stories and our existential circumstance, I sought to re-interpret folk and fairy tales by placing them in a more contemporary context. The confusing Black Forest of the Brothers Grimm became the crowded shopping mall. Rapunzel''s mother sought a more familiar drug than the painkilling herbs of the witch''s garden. I also created stories that were in the style of the older folk and fairy tales. One featured a lowly cucumber plant that, after consuming radioactive water and junk-food compost, became the glowing, green Godzilla of pickles. Another featured a boy named Jack, who found fame and fortune racing inner-city cockroaches. In creating and performing original stories and reimagined folk tales, as well as teaching stories to students of all ages, it has become clear to me that how we tell the story, as much as why, is at the very heart of the art. By "how," I do not mean how we use voice and gesture, etc., but how we organize stories to get across their meanings to an audience. There are two central facts at the heart of the oral story. The first is that it begins when the teller begins and ends when the teller ends it, though I could argue that it actually ends when the audience dismisses it. This is fundamentally different from the written story, where a reader can go back and read the same words again. With the spoken word, we are in the moment. Even if we could ask the teller to go back and say something again, the very act of asking would alter the way in which the information is conveyed to us. This leads directly to the second basic fact: the act of telling is an expression of the relationship of the teller to the audience. We always tell to someone, even if it is to ourselves. It is incumbent upon us to recognize that the choice we make about how we tell a story to a given audience is as much about our understanding of who that audience is as it is about what we are saying to the audience. It is this crucial understanding of how the narrative is shaped and the choices we make as tellers to share a particular version of a story with a particular audience that I wish to explore with you. Whether we are working with a live audience in performance or with an imagined one while typing away on our laptops, the creation of compelling fiction and non-fiction begins with how to frame the story. This book is for storytellers and would-be storytellers, whether you call yourself a writer, minister, politician, journalist, lawyer, teacher, therapist, or street-corner b.s.''er. Whatever the name, the benefit you derive from the application of this material to your creative process will come from understanding how narrative is shaped and making conscious decisions about shaping that narrative content. This book was developed in workshops and classes I''ve conducted with storytellers and writers since 1986. In the course of those years, this teaching practice has refined my thinking and improved my ability to help participants discover new approaches to creating powerful, authentic, and entertaining stories. Much of what I say will be framed around the creation of stories as oral performance, but the concepts and exercises I suggest apply to written material as well. Whether the stories are oral or written, this book is about three things: the choice of an appropriate narrative form to provide the story''s structure, the choice of an appropriate point of view and timeframe to support the story''s emotional arc, and how those choices help or hinder the transmission of the meaning of the story to an audience.