Reading Empathy in a Quebecois Play: Crying to Laugh
Issue Date
1994Author
Klein, Jeanne
Publisher
Theatre Research in Canada
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
Version
ERIC #ED 377 525
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To explore a continuum model of empathy, 88 children in grades one, three, and five were interviewed about their emotional experiences to Crying to Laugh, a Quebecois play designed to demonstrate emotional expression. Girls and older children empathized and sympathized by feeling and thinking from female characters' perspectives more than boys and younger children. Boys distanced themselves more than girls by focusing on their personal desires and expectations. Theatrical signs of presentational plays may interfere with empathy by distracting young children from identifying intended themes.
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This reception study received an Honorable Mention for the Research Award of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, August 1994.
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Klein, Jeanne. "Reading Empathy in a Quebecois Play: Crying to Laugh." Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches Theatrales au Canada 15.1 (Spring/Printemps 1994): 58-74.
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