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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Comparative Literature
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
David Fishelov
Coordinator Office Hours:
W, 11:00-12:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof David Fishelov
Course/Module description:
We will discuss different meanings of 'reading poetry' (as comprehension, interpretation and reading aloud) and their interrelations. We shall read several articles on voices in poetry, prosody, speaker's tone, speech acts, and the poem as drama. The discussion of these issues will be accompanied with an attentive reading of selected poems and analyzing recordings of poetry reading
Course/Module aims:
To examine the relations between understanding, interpreting and reading aloud poetry, as well as the different considerations involved in reading poem aloud
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To systematically describe the relations between understanding, interpreting and reading aloud poetry and to analyze the considerations involved in reading aloud specific poems
Attendance requirements(%):
85
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion
Course/Module Content:
1 Introduction: reading as understanding, interpretation and performance
2 Different voices in poetry
3 Prosody: meter
4 Prosody: rhyme, alliteration
5 Intonation
6 The speaker's tone
7 Speech acts
8 The poem as drama
9 Dramatic monologue
10 Ambiguity: options of reading
11 Repetition: options of reading
12 Enjambment: options of reading
13 Mini-catalogs: options of reading
14 Concluding remarks; presentation of final papers
Required Reading:
A. Selected poems (edited by the teacher)
B. Articles
הרשב, בנימין. 2000 [1968]. האם לצליל יש משמעות?, מתוך: אמנות השירה (ירושלים: כרמל), עמ' 58-82
טשרניחובסקי, שאול. 1994 [1945]. איך לקרוא שירה? בתוך: שאול טשרניחובסקי: מחקרים ותעודות בעריכת בעז ערפלי (ירושלים: מוסד ביאליק), עמ' 563-567
צור, ראובן. לא הכל הבלים: יוסי בנאי קורא אלתרמן
http://www.tau.ac.il/~tsurxx/Alterman-Banay_web_folder/Not_all_is_vanity.pdf
Brooks, Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. 1960. Tone. In: Understanding Poetry (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
Brower, Reuben. 1951. The Speaking Voice. In: The Fields of Light (New York: Oxford University Press)
David Crystal. 1997. Intonation. In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Eliot, T. S. 1957. The Three Voices of Poetry. In: On Poetry and Poets (London: Faber and Faber)
Searle, John. What Is a Speech Act. In: The Philosophy of Language, ed. by John Searle (London: Oxford University Press)
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 5 %
Participation in Tutorials 5 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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