Pixel Poetry: Using Visual Literacies to Stimulate a Passion for Romantic Poetry
19th century Romantic Poetry has never been more accessible when combined with text, pictures, music, and transitions in motion. Using iMovie, I created three different poems that depict distinct readings of Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," and Shelley's "Mutability" and "To a Skylark." Not only do the images provide stimulation for visual learners, but they are evocative of my own views on the text and how they can speak to modern readers.
Because iMovie compresses into Quicktime, which is cross-platform, I can be in either lab.
19th century Romantic Poetry has never been more accessible when combined with text, pictures, music, and transitions in motion. Using iMovie, I created three different poems that depict distinct readings of Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," and Shelley's "Mutability" and "To a Skylark." Not only do the images provide stimulation for visual learners, but they are evocative of my own views on the text and how they can speak to modern readers.
Because iMovie compresses into Quicktime, which is cross-platform, I can be in either lab.
4 comments:
I'm really excited for your presentation, Dawn. I'm glad that someone else is covering literature in a new way. Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of Romantic poetry...actually, it's my least favorite. But I have a suspicion that your presentation will make poetry that has been analyzed to death more alive than it has been for me in traditional courses.
Shelley's "Defense of Poetry" -- now I can really get excited about that ringing manifesto of the work poetry does in the world. IF you haven't read it, DO! I'm partial to old Percy anyway....I'll bet you are too Dawn.
Of course! I'll check that out in my *free* time...
Dawn
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