The Storyteller, Novelist, and Charlatan: Forms of Performance in the Age of Digital Reproduction Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 National Communication Association. In this essay, we look at how three traditional forms of performance identified by Walter Benjamin function in the digital age. With greater accessibility to the means of production, digital performances can be created by just about anyone. The performances we analyze show how Benjamin's conception of the storyteller, the novelist, and the charlatan can thrive in online environments. While the performances of the storyteller and the novelist suggest new possibilities for online performance, the performance of the charlatan demonstrates the danger of not engaging with/in online performance.

authors

• Crick, Nathan

published proceedings

• TEXT AND PERFORMANCE QUARTERLY

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Gratch, A., & Crick, N.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Gratch, Ariel||Crick, Nathan

publication date

• October 2015

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Text and Performance Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• Charlatan
• Digital Performance
• Storyteller
• Ted
• Walter Benjamin

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/10462937.2015.1075584

start page

• 305

end page

• 322

volume

• 35

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2015.1075584