Live Poetry. : an Integrated Approach to Poetry in Performance.
Given the increasing popularity of literary festivals, open mics, and poetry slams, one could justifiably claim that the English-speaking world is currently experiencing a 'Live Poetry' boom. Yet, despite this raised awareness for the aesthetic and social potential of performed poetry, aca...
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2011.
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| Series: | Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 153.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: Theorising Live Poetry; 1. Key Challenges for the Scholar of Live Poetry; 1.1 Neglected History / a History of Neglect; 1.2 Like So Much Hot Air? Live Poetry and the Discourse of Orality; 1.2.1 Orality versus Literacy: The Great Divide; 1.2.2 From Orality to Literacy: The Evolutionist Model; 1.2.3 Performance Poetry: A Controversial Form of Live Poetry; 1.3 Literature Review; 2. Towards a Definition of Live Poetry; 2.1 Poetry as a Bi-Medial Art Form; 2.2 Live Poetry and Theatre; 2.3 A Definition of Live Poetry.
- Part Two: Analysing Live Poetry3. Comparing the Written Poem and the Performed Poem; 4. Audiotext; 4.1 Audiotext and Paralanguage: Experiential Meaning Potential, Provenance, Voice Set and Voice Action; 4.2 Non-Verbal Sounds; 4.3 Articulatory Parameters; 4.3.1 Rhythm; 4.3.2 Pitch; 4.3.3 Volume; 4.3.4 Articulation; 4.3.5 Timbre; 4.4 Notation; 4.5 Composite Parameters: Tone of Voice, Accent; 4.6 Paratext; 5. Body Communication; 5.1 Kinesics: Studying Body Communication; 5.2 Functions of Body Communication; 5.3 Elements of Body Communication; 5.3.1 Gesture and Posture; 5.3.2 Facial Communication.
- 5.3.3 Artefactual Communication5.4 Notating Body Communication; 6. Contextualising the Performance; 6.1 A Communication Model for Live Poetry; 6.2 Participants; 6.2.1 The Poet-Performer; 6.2.2 The Audience; 6.2.3 The MC; 6.2.4 The Producer; 6.2.5 Aims and Format; 6.3 Spatio-Temporal Situation; 6.3.1 Localised Audiences in 'Borrowed Spaces'; 6.3.2 The Performance Space; 6.3.3 Place of Performance and Fictive Space; 6.3.4 Time of Performance and Act Sequence; 7. Jackie Hagan's "Coffee or Tea?": A Sample Analysis; 8. Checklist for the Analysis of Live Poetry Performances; Conclusion.
