Storytelling: First Lecture

What Is Storytelling?
FIRST LECTURE
sjoerd-jeroen moenandar
moenandar@gmail.com
education| storytelling | culture

o Telling a story
o An act
o Like any other act
(e.g. teaching: (1)
teacher, (2)
students, (3)
content, (4) lecture)
STORYTELLING
2
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o Storyteller
o Audience
o Content – what the
story is about
o Story
FOR STORYTELLING WE NEED…
3

o Consider:
• Rihanna: SOS (2006)
• Beck: “Mexico” (1993)
o Story: Series of events
with characters
WHAT IS A STORY?
4

o Something that
happened to me
• Story?
• Or anecdote?
o Story
• Somebody does
something
• The story explains why
and how and what
STORY
5

o Main character
o A goal
o A reason
o Opponent(s)
o Helper(s)
o Someone who
profits
STORYTELLING
6

THE CHARACTER/GOAL MODEL
7

Observation exercise
Spot a random
person. Give a
detailed description
of:
- Look and
appearances
- Acts and gestures
ECERCISE 1
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Handout 1
“The man and the cornchips”
Remco Campert
STORYTELLING
9

FILL IN FOR CAMPERT’S STORY
0

EXERCISE 2
1
1.
Turn your character from assignment 1 into a round character (with fiction,
not facts) by answering the following questions:
a. In which city/village/neighbourhood was he or she born and raised?
b. What is his or her earliest memory?
c. What relation does he or she have to his or her parents and siblings?
d. Who is his or her best friend?
e. Favourite way to spend his or her free time?
f. Four character traits: 2 negative; 2 positive
2.
Which goal would suit this character?

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