The origin and development of the art of oral interpretation of verse in the United States

The main purpose of this study is to present the origin and the development of the art of oral interpretation of verse in the United States. During the part 150 years there have been changes taking place in the philosophy behind the art of oral interpretation of verse; during that 150 years the type of poetry presented for oral interpretation has changed; the aims of oral interpretation has changed and the rules for oral interpretation have changed and the rules for oral reading of verse have been modified, altered, and changed. This study presents these changes and their development, so as to give a history of the art of oral interpretation of verse in the United States. In presenting such a historical analysis of the development of the art of oral interpretation of verse, three principle factors regarding oral interpretation will be the basic consideration of this study: (1) The subject matter and type of verse presented for oral interpretation.; (2) The rules for the oral interpretation of verse.; (3) The philosophy and aims of the art of oral interpretation of verse.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech

Year dc:date.available

1951

Author dc:creator

• Bosmajian, Haig Aram, Jr.

• Oral interpretation of poetry
• Arts and Humanities
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1148

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2147