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.

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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.