Rebecca Resinski, Hendrix College
I have developed mini-projects in which students undertake various “deformances” of Greek tragedies. Through their individual and collaborative experiments with remix, collage, erasure, and catalog, students creatively and critically extend our more traditional academic discussions. Pedagogically inclusive and easy to implement, deformative activities motivate close reading, prompt and crystallize interpretive insights, and help students develop dynamic, satisfying relationships with texts.