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introduction to literature
Both are designed to be remembered!
fixed schemes or some lines/words
Why do we remember lyrics better than word lists?
Determined by stress patterns.
Let's test that!
We'll start with the language use:
And this is just the beginning!
Which of the two is more interesting?
16th Century: Shakespeare & others
Shakespeare
Katy Perry
Modern counterparts:
literary devices
Why should you read literature?
make poetry and lyrics more lively & sound stronger
21st Century: poetry is less important...
... or not?!
!
meter
beat
A
is similar to
Baby, you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
You are unique.
Fairy tales/Fables
Alicia Keys
song lyrics
Plays
Shakespeare
poetry
meter
Poetry
Music
Films/Series
Cartoons
Books/Stories
Values / morals
Way to act / socialise
“Socrates, philosophy and hypotheses can’t define me”
“I was not born under a rhyming planet”
“The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams”
"To destroy the beauty from which one came"
“Maybe it’s hatred I spew, maybe it’s food for the spirit”
“Men would rather use their broken records than their bear hands”
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Jay-Z
- Eminem
- Shakespeare (Othello)
- Shakespeare
(Much Ado About Nothing)
important part of people's daily lives
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Song lyrics
number of syllables in a line and stress depend on the beat
is it
Shakespeare
a modern artist
or
?
Shakespeare
lines have a certain number of syllables, stress depends on the number of syllables
Rhyme
Rhythm
Drama
You are lovely.