Event Title
Meanings of the "Rider's Song": Immersion in a Spanish Poem
Location
CSU
Student's Major
English
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Kimberly Contag
Mentor's Department
World Languages and Cultures
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
My presentation is an interpretation of "Cancion de jinete" (Rider's Song), one of Frederico Garcia Lorca's most famous poems. The research for this interpretation includes the influence of Lorca's life on his work, the cultural context of the poem, and its various critical interpretations. By representing this information using Microsoft PowerPoint, I am able to draw upon paintings, photographs, images, movie clips, music, sound affects, and their movements and arrangements to show, not only what literally happens in "Cancion de jinete," but also what its imagery and events may have signified for Lorca and Spanish culture. My interpretation is threefold: a Formalist analysis of what the poem means when taken alone; an historical criticism of what it means in the context of its time, culture, and language; and finally, my own interpretation resulting fi-om research, experience, beliefs, and perspective as a student in twenty-first century America.
Meanings of the "Rider's Song": Immersion in a Spanish Poem
CSU
My presentation is an interpretation of "Cancion de jinete" (Rider's Song), one of Frederico Garcia Lorca's most famous poems. The research for this interpretation includes the influence of Lorca's life on his work, the cultural context of the poem, and its various critical interpretations. By representing this information using Microsoft PowerPoint, I am able to draw upon paintings, photographs, images, movie clips, music, sound affects, and their movements and arrangements to show, not only what literally happens in "Cancion de jinete," but also what its imagery and events may have signified for Lorca and Spanish culture. My interpretation is threefold: a Formalist analysis of what the poem means when taken alone; an historical criticism of what it means in the context of its time, culture, and language; and finally, my own interpretation resulting fi-om research, experience, beliefs, and perspective as a student in twenty-first century America.
