Group 2

Interpretation entails

responsiveness to the literary piece in order that the reader may experience its sense of reality or presence. The interpreter responds in terms of his/her voice, body, mind, spirit and heart.

The Ingredients of PRESENCE: Tensiveness

Rhythmic movement of two contrary pulls which may be

created in language though meter, rhyme and tone color in poetry Conflict in drama and, Movements between summary and scene and description in fiction.

Coalescence
Melding together of the parts to make a complete

whole

Perspective
Point of view, attitude or angle of vision unique in

every piece of literature.

You hear him/her speaking to himself/herself You hear the poet speaking to a specific person or group You hear him speaking to a big audience.

Three Basic Patterns of Literary Arrangement:

1)

Lyric Poem
Lyric poetry is especially song-like and emotional. Sonnets and odes are examples of poems that are lyrical in nature. Lyric poems do not tell a story, but focus on more personal emotions, attitudes, and the authors state of mind. (Ex. How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Browning)

Interpreting Lyrics Poems

Concerned with the inner world of the poet:

realm of the private feelings, thoughts, passions or fantasies. -has only one point of view. -may be addressed to one specific person or object, or it may be a reflective one,where the poet voices out thoughts -visual focus is usually the back wall of the room above the heads of the audience.

Analysis Persona: a curious child Addresses: the wind

The Wind Robert Louis Stevenson I saw you toss the kites on high, And blow the birds about the sky, And all around I heared you pass, Like ladies skirts across the grass, O wind a-blowing all day long, O wind that sings so loud a song, I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid, I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all, O wind a blowing all day long, O wind that sing so loud a song, O you that are so strong and cold, O blower, are you young or old? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me: O wind a blowing all day long, O wind that sings so loud a song.

Locus Look above the heads of the audience and locate where you want the wind to be

2) Narrative/Descriptive Poem
A narrative poem tells a story, usually of human

interest, and includes the epic, which is a long story, and the ballad, which was originally meant to be sung while dancing. Well known examples of poems that are ballads include: "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe "Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Interpreting the Narrative/Descriptive Poem

May be poetry or fiction Moves through several The writer takes the reader on a kind of

guided tour through an external world witnessed by narrator. The narrator moves people in and through a setting and works out their relationships

 A) Description- the performance involves two role

behaviors whose objectives are to narrate and to suggest the scene. B) Summary Narrative- condensation of events in a few words. It is sometimes called time telescoping. This is delivered briefly, directly and conversationally to the audience with constant eye contact with them. C) Direct Address- includes quoting the dialogue spoken by the characters to each other. It can be projected into a scene and directed at another person in the scene for whom it is intended. In interpreting this, you can refer to an imaged scene.

 D) Indirect Address- the narrator speaks what the

characters have said or are saying or even thinking. There are performed like description. The interpreter may point to the character whose thoughts are being reported. E) Exposition- refers to explanations why characters feel the way they do or do what they do. When going through these passages, the interpreter looks at the audience and maintains eye contact.

Example of a Descriptive Poem

The Dance of the Pencils By Dale Trumbore

Pencils live at my school. They would rather waltz than write numbers and letters. They wait until all of the children leave, And then they dance on their sharp, pointy ends. Sometimes, they skate on each desktop As if it were made of ice. At the end of each dance, the pencils use their erasers To wipe away the marks that they have made. Their erasers slide along the desktops slowly, like slugs. When they are done, the pencils sleep. They know they need their rest In order to write lots of letters and numbers the next day. Then they do a different sort of dance The dance of pencils on paper.

 3)

Dramatic Poem Dramatic poetry is any drama that is written in verse that is meant to be recited. It usually tells a story or refers to a situation. This would include closet drama, dramatic monologues, and rhyme verse. Examples of dramatic poetry would come from Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson.

Interpreting Dramatic Poems

The point of view is objective, there is no narrator When interpreting this type of work, you have to suggest

the two characters not necessarily using vocal affectations Project the characters in their respective places. Be consistent in you visual focus

Example of Dramatic Poem

The Dream Called Life Pedro Calderon de la Barca DREAM it was in which I found myself. And you that hail me now, then hailed me king, In a brave palace that was all my own, Within, and all without it, mine; until, Drunk with excess of majesty and pride, Methought I towered so big and swelled so wide That of myself I burst the glittering bubble Which my ambition had about me blown And all again was darkness. Such a dream As this, in which I may be walking now, Dispensing solemn justice to you shadows, Who make believe to listen; but anon Kings, princes, captains, warriors, plume and steel, Ay, even with all your airy theater, May flit into the air you seem to rend With acclamations, leaving me to wake In the dark tower; or dreaming that I wake From this that waking is; or this and that, Both waking and both dreaming; such a doubt Confounds and clouds our mortal life about. But whether wake or dreaming, this I know How dreamwise human glories come and go; Whose momentary tenure not to break, Walking as one who knows he soon may wake, So fairly carry the full cup, so well Disordered insolence and passion quell, That there be nothing after to upbraid Dreamer or doer in the part he played; Whether tomorrow's dawn shall break the spell, Or the last trumpet of the Eternal Day, When dreaming, with the night, shall pass away.

QUIZ

Lyric
Dramatic
The Dance of the Pencils

Narrative
The Wind 5.)

1.)

3.)

The Dream Called Life 2.)

4.)

Description Summary Narrative

Direct Address Indirect Address

Exposition

6) It refers to the condensation of events in a few words. It

is sometimes called time telescoping 7) Refers to explanations why characters feel the way they do or do what they do. 8) It is the performance that involves two role behaviors whose objectives are to narrate and to suggest the scene. 9) It includes quoting the dialogue spoken by the characters to each other. 10) This is where the narrator speaks what the characters have said or are saying or even thinking.

Bonus

Tensiveness Coalescence Perspective

1)It refers to the point of view, attitude or angle of

vision unique in every piece of literature.

2)It is the rhythmic movement of two contrary pulls

which may be created in language though meter, rhyme and tone color in poetry. a complete whole

3) It refers to the melding together of the parts to make