*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll.
Course Description: Poems are meant to be read aloud. At least, this was a given in Antiquity: often, they were or music themselves or accompanied by music. Yet, today, many people (from university students to teachers) are feeling uncomfortable to do this, either being unfamiliar with metre at all, or, although knowing how scansion works, are not sure how it is to be actually read. Doing so, you concentrate mainly on the poem’s contents and its rhetoric, but you miss a great deal of the poet’s artwork: its outer form, its sound, its music, which, very often, is employed skillfully to underline the meaning. Apart from that, knowing metre helps a lot in understanding the grammar of a poem (e.g. when you have to decide which words belong together based on its quantities), and appreciate also prose rhythm as adhibited by authors like Cicero or Seneca.
We will start from an introduction into prosody (pronunciation, accent, vowel and syllable quantities etc.), passing on to some selected metres of Classical Roman poetry as e.g. Hexameter, Elegiacs, Iambic Trimeter and Lyrical verses. All of this will always be in line with the skills and wishes of the students, and the atmosphere will be chilled!
DETAILS
Level: “This course is meant for students who have completed the Telepaideia Consolidation Level. A knowledge of the present and past conjugations, of verb forms I through VI, and a strong foundation in core vocabulary are necessary to follow this course.
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials
Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.
When
Fridays, 10:30a.m.
Cost
$375
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