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Tunghai University-News--The Would-be Gentlemen drama wraps up university years of Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Molière is one of the three greatest masters in the French classical theatrical circle. His works reflect a strong sense of anti-feudalism and often bring both tears and laughs to the audience with their comical yet tragic plotlines. The Would-be Gentlemen sarcastically illustrates how the protagonist, Mr. Jourdain, attempts to enter the upper-class community by hiring music, dance, swordsmanship, and philosophy teachers to teach him manners of a gentleman. Mr. Jourdain acquires the superficial image of a gentleman and without knowing the etiquettes by heart. This eventually embarrasses him in front of his fellows and turns him into a joke of the middle-class.
Before preparing for the drama performance, students must complete three years of language training and core literature courses. Through the stage performance, students demonstrated their language abilities and literary virtues. The students selected the act, The Would-be Gentlemen, out of a number of classic literary works, and adapted the script by adding a touch of contemporary linguistic tricks, creating brilliant dramatic effects to the performance.
Drama performances were more than drama appreciation and knowledge impartment. The class was conducted with individual small groups of students taking on separate responsibilities of the preparation. By actually participate in the process, students were inspired to learn spontaneously and aggressively. Every single task required the responsible team to brainstorm, organize countless meetings and discussions, and solve problems. After the script was complete, the audition for actors and actresses, work distribution, budget allocation, stage and props design, background music, subtitles, endless rehearsals, and more detailed process like these challenged the students to integrate resources and take actions. Peer collaboration and teamwork mentality, which were not taught by books and lectures, were developed through actual work. The actors and actresses went from distant to bonded; the stage was built from scratch; every dollar of the listed budgets was controlled seriously and precisely. Finally, these back-stage efforts paid off in the three brilliant performances and marked a perfect ending for the four years of university study.
The Would-be Gentlemen drama wraps up university years of Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
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- Date : 2016-06-17
Molière is one of the three greatest masters in the French classical theatrical circle. His works reflect a strong sense of anti-feudalism and often bring both tears and laughs to the audience with their comical yet tragic plotlines. The Would-be Gentlemen sarcastically illustrates how the protagonist, Mr. Jourdain, attempts to enter the upper-class community by hiring music, dance, swordsmanship, and philosophy teachers to teach him manners of a gentleman. Mr. Jourdain acquires the superficial image of a gentleman and without knowing the etiquettes by heart. This eventually embarrasses him in front of his fellows and turns him into a joke of the middle-class.
Before preparing for the drama performance, students must complete three years of language training and core literature courses. Through the stage performance, students demonstrated their language abilities and literary virtues. The students selected the act, The Would-be Gentlemen, out of a number of classic literary works, and adapted the script by adding a touch of contemporary linguistic tricks, creating brilliant dramatic effects to the performance.
Drama performances were more than drama appreciation and knowledge impartment. The class was conducted with individual small groups of students taking on separate responsibilities of the preparation. By actually participate in the process, students were inspired to learn spontaneously and aggressively. Every single task required the responsible team to brainstorm, organize countless meetings and discussions, and solve problems. After the script was complete, the audition for actors and actresses, work distribution, budget allocation, stage and props design, background music, subtitles, endless rehearsals, and more detailed process like these challenged the students to integrate resources and take actions. Peer collaboration and teamwork mentality, which were not taught by books and lectures, were developed through actual work. The actors and actresses went from distant to bonded; the stage was built from scratch; every dollar of the listed budgets was controlled seriously and precisely. Finally, these back-stage efforts paid off in the three brilliant performances and marked a perfect ending for the four years of university study.
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