Research on Awards in National Student Competition of Creative Drama Art：A Case Study of Jiangcui Junior High School

• Main Authors: FANG, YEN-TING, 方彥婷
• Other Authors: SHIH, KUANG-SHENG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bxd8x5

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 戲劇學系 === 106 === “National Student Competition of Creative Drama Art” has come to 14th year. The competition is divided into three major categories: Modern Puppetry, Traditional Puppetry, and Drama.“Jiangcui Puppet Theatre Group” was founded in 2012 by New Taipei Municipal Jiangcui Junior High School in Taiwan. However, it was renamed as “Jiangcui Drama Club” in 2015 because of competition system. Until the end of 2016 academic year, Jiangcui Drama Club has participated in the national competition, four works has produced and fallen into two categories called Modern Puppetry and mixed-style Puppetry as well as Drama. The study focuses on the two award winning submissions from Jiangcui Drama Club, “Three Monsters” in 2012, and “Sweet Quarresome” from 2015, the analysis of this study was based on Aristotle´s Six Elements of Drama. In Aristotle´s “Poetics”, the drama consists of plot, character, thought, language, music, and spectacle. The study is divided into five chapters, the first describes research background and motivation, previous studies, research scope, methodology, and expected outcome. The second chapter discusses the details regarding National Student Competition of Creative Drama Art and Jiangcui Drama club, explaining their respective rise and structure. The third chapter analyzes the two award winning dramas respectively, the fourth focuses on the analysis of script, space utilization, and rehearsal. The last chapter will offer research conclusion and suggestions for future research. In the research, the researcher will participate as an observer to record the effects of club’s journey from conception of drama to participation in the contest. The students learned the beauty of theatrical and stage performance in it’s execution through participation, further enhancing the creativity and value of the submission during contest. And from the instructor’s perspective, how to best lead students to explore their inner selves to maximize their performance and increase their interest in order to further promote drama education. Using the analysis and discussion above, the research strives to provide a comprehensive outlook on the current status of drama education and provide future directions for enhancing what and how to teach and lead in order to help institutes intent on providing drama educations in the future.