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| Beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing to its most recent creations, French and Francophone poetry offer a beautiful concert of voices. This expression of the soul ranges from marginal to canonical and from individual experiences to group movements, including the Pléiade, libertine, romantic, symbolic, and surreal. This class will address the concept of the inspiration of the poet, as relating to the idea of the Muse, the different forms of poems (ode, sonnet, fable, etc.), the basic technical elements of poetic composition (verses, rhythm and rime), and the principal movements from Malherbe to Mallarmé, from Rimbaud to rap artist or singers using poetry. This class is not a survey but an exploration, like a voyage, through the poetic interpretations of the world by French poets. Inspired by Du Bellay in "Defense et Illustration de la langue française," poets using the French language have often associated musical and rhythmic components, theoretical discourses and creative strategies. This class is for intermediate students and will help to improve communication skills in French. |
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