Discussions on Dutchman and Black Elk Speaks based on Prompts

When you write please try to emphasize about to describe what kind of production of a given play you’d like to see on outline parts of the articles. Write a discussion and an outline for the following two articles. You can find the articles in the attached documents

– Discussion 1 on Dutchman article based on the following prompts

ONE: What do you think is the significance of the title?

TWO: There is an oft-cited parallel between Lula and Eve (she even eats an apple very suggestively towards the beginning of the play). What other mythologies or folkloric tropes do you see at work in the play?

THREE: Do you think this is a realistic play? Why or why not?

FOUR: What do you think is Baraka’s purpose in evoking African American artists like Charlie Parker and Bessie Smith?

-Outline for Dutchman based on the following points

I) Play title, author (if anonymous, say so), time period & art movement/s which gave rise to it, genre (what kind of play is it?), and translator if necessary.

II) A statement of the dramatic action of the play, using a COMPLETE SENTENCE or SENTENCES.

III) A statement of the play’s theme(s) as it/they relate to challenges the culture represented (or misrepresented).

IV) A statement of a production concept for a possible contemporary production. For this part please try to emphasize about to describe what kind of production of a given play you’d like to see.

-Discussion 2 on Black elk speaks based on the following prompts

ONE: What evidences do you see of “Pan-Indianism” in the play? NOTE: We’re talking “Pan-Indianism” not just in the story that the play tells, but how the story is told. In other words, is there a “Pan –Indianism” that goes beyond the given circumstances of any given scene?

TWO: What differences do you see between the indigenous experience as related in this play and those narratives of Native American experience that you have encountered before? Which of these differences (if any) do you find significant and why?

THREE: Why do you think the relative who plays Crazy Horse is the same relative who plays Custer?

FOUR: This is the only play assigned this semester that has at least one local setting. Does this affect your reaction to the piece? If so, how?

– Outline for Black elk speaks

I) Play title, author (if anonymous, say so), time period & art movement/s which gave rise to it, genre (what kind of play is it?), and translator if necessary.

II) A statement of the dramatic action of the play, using a COMPLETE SENTENCE or SENTENCES.

III) A statement of the play’s theme(s) as it/they relate to challenges the culture represented (or misrepresented).

IV) A statement of a production concept for a possible contemporary production. For this part please try to emphasize about to describe what kind of production of a given play you’d like to see.