Professional paper

ORAL PRESENTATION OF LITERARY TEXTS

Vesna Crnković - Nosić ; Gimnazija "Matija Mesić", Slavonski Brod, Hrvatska

Abstract

The oral presentation of literary texts is a form of verbal art, the main
function of which is to verbally transfer the literary text to the audience. The text is
transferred by a presenter. The oral presentation of a text (poetry or prose) includes
interpretative reading or presenting the memorized text. The oral presentation unfolds in
two stages: preparation and the final stage. The preparation includes full understanding
of the text, its literary analysis and the verbal analysis of the text. The final stage is the
presentation of the literary text to the audience, or the artistic performance. A research
on the role and place of verbal interpretation of literary texts and its implementation in
practice was conducted in the Matija Mesic Grammar School in Slavonski Brod. The
poll covered 115 second and fourth grade pupils in the General and Language Grammar
Schools in the school year 2007/2008. The poll results show that students’ creative
needs are not met in and outside the classes of Croatian language and literature, as they
did not have enough opportunities to practice oral presentation of literary texts. Despite
demanding grammar school programmes, the pupils underlined the need to increase the
share of oral presentation of texts in classes of Croatian language and literature, and in
extra-curricular activities, such as drama groups, poetry readings, and programme host
events.

Keywords

text; oral presentation of texts; presenter

Hrčak ID:

36907

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/36907

Publication date:

2.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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