STORYTELLING RESOURCES FROM CAMBRIDGE FORUM

StoryStream partner Cambridge Forum shares with us several on-line programs featuring storytellers that have been webcast on the WGBH Forum Network.

Storytelling in the Electronic Era

Storyteller Odds Bodkin and Harvard folklorist Maria Tatar explore the art of the story in the 21st century.

Telling stories is an ancient art, a holdover from the pre-literate human past. How did the advent of the written word affect the art of storytelling and the stories themselves? Why does oral storytelling persist? What impact will the digital culture of wikis and filesharing have on the future of storytelling?

              Program Part 1                  Program Part 2

The Role of Fantasy in Children's Lives

Award-winning children's author Susan Cooper explores the ways that literary fantasy helps children understand the world of adulthood. How do children understand fantasy? What does it add to their lives? Why do adults find fantasy in children's literature objectionable, even threatening?

Cosponsored by the Cambridge Public Library and The Horn Book magazine with support from the Cambridge Community Foundation.
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