碩士 / 國立彰化師範大學 / 英語學系 / 92 / Abstract
The close relationship between music and poetry can be traced back to the Middle ages. However, in the Renaissance, due to the different essences between music and poetry, they gradually separated. It is not until the Romantic stage that music and poetry begin to interact again. This thesis aims to explore the interaction between musical elements and sense in English Romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and the appropriateness of applying “sound and sense” to English teaching. The whole thesis is divided into six chapters.
Chapter One explains the motivation why the Romantic stage, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” are selected as the subjects and meanwhile it also indicates that literature, especially poetry, is appropriate as the teaching material. Chapter Two discusses the musical elements in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” In the beginning, Coleridge’s sensitivity to music which influences his arrangement of sound of words is illuminated. Then, the musical elements such as distorted stanzas, arrangement of words and rhythmic variation related to the sense of the content are analyzed.
Chapter Three provides an analysis of the teaching material. Questionnaires are used in the pilot study in order to investigate senior high school teachers and students’ opinions about applying the concept of “sound and sense” to English teaching. In the pilot study, 5 teachers and 218 students participated. Chapter Four is the application of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” including the teaching plan and the teaching procedures. In designing the teaching plan, students and teachers’ opinions in the questionnaires are taken into consideration. Besides, clear teaching process and complete achievement tests are also provided.
Chapter Five is the results and discussion of the teaching application. In the study, 92 students participating in the experimental study were selected in order to manifest the appropriateness of applying “sound and sense” in “the Rime of the Ancient Mariner” to English teaching. The results showed that teaching “sound and sense” in the poem helped the students to revise the stereotyped opinions about English poetry. Most students agreed the appropriateness and helpfulness of employing “sound and sense” in “the Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as the teaching material. Besides, the results also revealed that the audio-visual teaching aids are required and necessary in poetry teaching. In Chapter Six, major findings and limitations of the study and suggestions for further study are proposed.
Key words: Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, sound and sense,
English teaching
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/092NCUE5238018 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | 黃雅婷 |
| Contributors | Shui-mu Chang, 張 水 木 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 0 |
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