Qui chante? The Lyric’s Voice as Impersonation

Starting from the imperative to not just read, but to speak lyric poems out loud, this paper considers ways in which poems change depending on who utters them. Beyond the familiar distinction between the poem's author and the lyrical “I” — the voice in which the poet chooses to utter the poem —...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3cb2216f746143059a492ccd2ee365462021-11-19T13:28:17ZQui chante? The Lyric’s Voice as Impersonation10.25353/ubtr-izfk-ce7d-f9422698-492X2698-4938https://doaj.org/article/3cb2216f746143059a492ccd2ee365462021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://izfk.uni-trier.de/index.php/izfk/article/view/IZfK-Vol-2-Qui-chante-The-Lyrics-Voice-as-Impersonationhttps://doaj.org/toc/2698-492Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2698-4938Starting from the imperative to not just read, but to speak lyric poems out loud, this paper considers ways in which poems change depending on who utters them. Beyond the familiar distinction between the poem's author and the lyrical “I” — the voice in which the poet chooses to utter the poem — any performer who speaks a poem also impersonates the text. Reading is the first act of interpretation; others follow. Sound is an indispensable constitutive aspect of the lyric poem, too often neglected. Each reading of a poem can turn into a momentary ec-stasis.Thomas AustenfeldUniversität TrierarticlelyricsongperformancevoicingdiotimaventriloquismimpersonationcharmLanguage and LiteraturePDEENInternationale Zeitschrift für Kulturkomparatistik, Vol 2, Pp 135-143 (2021)
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song
performance
voicing
diotima
ventriloquism
impersonation
charm
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song
performance
voicing
diotima
ventriloquism
impersonation
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Thomas Austenfeld
Qui chante? The Lyric’s Voice as Impersonation
description Starting from the imperative to not just read, but to speak lyric poems out loud, this paper considers ways in which poems change depending on who utters them. Beyond the familiar distinction between the poem's author and the lyrical “I” — the voice in which the poet chooses to utter the poem — any performer who speaks a poem also impersonates the text. Reading is the first act of interpretation; others follow. Sound is an indispensable constitutive aspect of the lyric poem, too often neglected. Each reading of a poem can turn into a momentary ec-stasis.
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title Qui chante? The Lyric’s Voice as Impersonation
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