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CHAPTER FIVE: DATA ANALYSIS
lots of other kids feel like that too". In whatever way participants position
themselves in relation to the child they were engaged in the contradictions
the protagonist posed. Most participants were in role as helpers, so they could
explore their relationship further in situations.
While the improvisations between the father and the daughter in the 1956
drama, and the student revolt leader and the PR person in the student revolt
drama were primarily discussions or arguments, the improvisations in
the Wild Child drama offered more space for action in the role as can be seen
in the screenshot of an improvisation in one of the lessons."
The participants had decided to teach the feral child to eat properly first, and
use her hands rather than eating from the floor, but they struggled, as can
be seen from the photos. I will return to the analysis of the mode of being in
these situations later.
The intention in structuring the first two narratives was to “get to pair
improvisations where participants can unmask each other’s narrative with
the use of the dramaturgical structures”, but the improvisations did not
seem to give enough opportunities to do that. In the case of the Wild Child
the contradiction was not in the two roles opposing each other, but within
the helpers, as can be seen in one of the questions posed “is it good if we take
this girl out of nature and put her into society? What is good and what is bad
in what we teach her?”.°”?
The fundamental human problem posed in this narrative, together with
the questions that it raises within the role offered to participants, and the
potential of ‘doing’ in the scenes and improvisations offers a productive
framework for the incorporation of Bondian tools in the lesson.
I explore the improvisation parts of the narratives of these drama lessons
further on to see whether they are compatible with the conscious use of
theatre structures by participants, but before that I investigate how framing
can enhance the use of these drama constructs.
689 F Wd.
690 V2 Wa.
691 RD Rev.
62 Q Wa.
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