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Ep 16 - How to Read an Epic Poem
Episode 16 - How to Read an Epic Poem
Joe Carlson and Daniel Foucachon read some epic poetry together, beginning with a BAD reading of epic poetry, followed by a tutorial covering four basic principles for reading epic poetry:
First, allow the natural stresses of the words to dictate the flow of the sentence. Different words have different stress lengths, depending on the placement of the vowels and the number of consonants. For example the words “to” and “flinch” are both one syllable words, but you can tell one takes less time to say than the other. Furthermore, a short word like “to” naturally leads you into the next word (ending with a vowel as it does), whereas you want to land on “flinch” a little, taking just a moment before moving on. Read the following naturally, while paying attention to the space you give between the words: “to flinch means to make a quick movement in reaction to something.” Notice the lack of space following the three instances of “to”, and the space following the harder sounds of “flinch” “make” “quick” and “movement”. This is how the English language works, and you shouldn’t fight it when reading, especially when reading poetry.
Second, read according to the punctuation, not the line break. The line breaks because the number of syllables allotted that line have been used up, not because a breath is required. Pay attention to the natural breaks in the syntax: the commas, the semicolons, the periods. Also, like I mentioned above, pay attention to the flow of the words themselves, and let the natural stresses dictate your annunciation and your rests.
Third, read the poem aloud and slowly. Taste the words on your tongue. Let their sounds fill your eustachian tubes, bringing the words directly to your ears, as well as traveling around your cheeks and hitting them from the outside. This process will encourage and cultivate your ability to enter into the story, imaginatively accepting the imagery
Livy: History is the best medicine for a sick mind
LIVY: "The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind"
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Sin as a Farce
The Dante Lectures by Joe Carlson are a pastoral walk through the Divine Comedy. Where scholarship often focuses on the political, Joe Carlson desires for his students to understand what Dante wanted his readers to understand: a greater capacity to know and love God. Like Dante's guide Beatrice, pointing away from herself towards God, it is our prayer that students will cast their gaze upon God.
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What can be, GLORIOUSLY burdened by what has been.
Inherit the past - Inherit the Humanities!
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The Enlightenment • Dr. Mitch Stokes
Learn about the Scientific Revolution from primary sources, guided by Dr. Mitch Stokes in Old Western Culture: The Enlightenment.
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Sin and the Appetites of the Should • Dante Curriculum Excerpt by Joe Carlson
Appetites of the Soul.
An excerpt from The Dante Curriculum video course by Joe Carlson.
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