Chapter 1

STUDIES IN VOCAL INTERPRETATION

PRELIMINARY STUDY:--To Establish a Conscious Purpose.

DISCUSSION:--The Relation of the Speaker to His Audience.

MATERIAL:--Direct Appeal in Prose and Verse, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.

FIRST STUDY:--To Establish Vitality in Thinking.

DISCUSSION:--Action of the Mind in Reading Aloud.

MATERIAL:--The Essay and Didactic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.

SECOND STUDY:--To Establish Intelligence in Feeling.

DISCUSSION:--Emotional Response and Abandon.

MATERIAL:--Lyric Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.

THIRD STUDY:--To Develop the Whimsical Sense.

DISCUSSION:--Humor and Fancy.

MATERIAL:--Fairy Story, Fable, and Nonsense Rhyme, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.

FOURTH STUDY:--To Develop Imaginative Vigor.

DISCUSSION:--The Picture, the Atmosphere, the Action.

MATERIAL:--Short Story and Epic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.

FIFTH STUDY:--To Develop Dramatic Instinct.

DISCUSSION:--Impersonation and Characterization.

MATERIAL:--Monologue and Play, with Suggestive Analysis.

SELECTIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.