Class notes 9/13-9/17

Poetry

 ~the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poetry

• literary supernova
• more intense and dense than other works
• poetry takes longer to explain than it does to read
• more work to read, takes a more active approach

There are no wright or wrong answers... just no answers.

Diction (choice of individual words)

 ~style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diction

• connotation and denotation: “cultural baggage” (connotation) can be positive (honorific) or negative (pejorative). Detonation is a dictionary definition
• concreteness vs. abstraction: concrete= more specific
  abstract = less specific, allows for interpretation

Earnest Hemingway creates a personal friend-like relationship with abstract description

• Precision: vague vs. precise, what is socially appropriate

                                                                    (spectrum of language use)

• elevation vs. colloquialism: Slang <---------------------> Epic diction

 Slang side= colloquial language


 Epic diction side= elevated (once in a lifetime)

• regionalism, jargon, dialect: (specialized words)
  Jargon= the language of a profession, technical

 Regionalism= smaller division of a dialect region with some different words

 Dialect= division with some different words (more than regionalism)

• no “proper” English, only that of the people with the most influence
• can be used to show a limited world view

 (cant post a picture follow the link please)

Dialect Map (http://www.acoustics.org/press/147th/clopper.htm)