Rules, Rule-Breaking, and French Neoclassicism: Crash Course Theater #20
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Igor
Just to be clear, iambs are not a thing in French. The stress always falls on the last syllable of a word and such stress patterns are completely disregarded in poetry; only the number of syllables is calculated.
An Alexandrin is then a twelve syllable line cut in half by a logical pause (as you had described.
Also, feminine (ending with -e-) and masculine (not ending with -e-) rhymes have to be altered repeatedly and singulars (not ending with an -s-) have to rhyme with singulars, and plurals with plurals (although singular and plural rhymes needn't alter repeatedly.
I'd also like to add that hiatuses (vowels following vowels) are forbidden except at the logical pause.
It's way harder to write alexandrins than iambic pentameter.
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Just to be clear, iambs are not a thing in French. The stress always falls on the last syllable of a word and such stress patterns are completely disregarded in poetry; only the number of syllables is calculated.
An Alexandrin is then a twelve syllable line cut in half by a logical pause (as you had described.
Also, feminine (ending with -e-) and masculine (not ending with -e-) rhymes have to be altered repeatedly and singulars (not ending with an -s-) have to rhyme with singulars, and plurals with plurals (although singular and plural rhymes needn't alter repeatedly.
I'd also like to add that hiatuses (vowels following vowels) are forbidden except at the logical pause.
It's way harder to write alexandrins than iambic pentameter.
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Murrv
French lit song writing etc is alot about lexico-grammatical gymnastics. One's being apt at expressing his or her thought and emotions wilst practicing said calisthenics, is perceived as smarter and more competent inspite of empirical evidence to the contrary. I love it! ALLEZ LES BLEUS! ALLEZ LES BLEU! First i was affraid, i was petrified. Couldn't imagine all my life without you by my side.
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French lit song writing etc is alot about lexico-grammatical gymnastics. One's being apt at expressing his or her thought and emotions wilst practicing said calisthenics, is perceived as smarter and more competent inspite of empirical evidence to the contrary. I love it! ALLEZ LES BLEUS! ALLEZ LES BLEU! First i was affraid, i was petrified. Couldn't imagine all my life without you by my side.
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AeonWorm
I know you-re kidding but -Do you know better than Seneca- is a very while Jocular also wrong and illogical answer. Teach us why, don-t answer leading questions with dead end jokes. And if you don-t know the answer don-t mention anything at all, get a better team of writers. You cheapen your product and discredit yourselves when you do otherwise. Ijs, don-t - me
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I know you-re kidding but -Do you know better than Seneca- is a very while Jocular also wrong and illogical answer. Teach us why, don-t answer leading questions with dead end jokes. And if you don-t know the answer don-t mention anything at all, get a better team of writers. You cheapen your product and discredit yourselves when you do otherwise. Ijs, don-t - me
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UndeadDog
Some of the French neoclassical remind me a little bit of some aspects of the Comics Code Authority. It-s weird to imagine having to write plays under such strict rules, but it-s even weirder to think about the fact that restricted storytelling happened in a different medium not all that long ago.
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Some of the French neoclassical remind me a little bit of some aspects of the Comics Code Authority. It-s weird to imagine having to write plays under such strict rules, but it-s even weirder to think about the fact that restricted storytelling happened in a different medium not all that long ago.
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Rashida
Studying for a Theatre Teacher Certification exam and Crash Course has soooo helped me learn in an exciting and fun way! I-ve learned more from Crash Course than I-ve learned in High School and majoring in Theatre in College! So grateful for you guys!
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Studying for a Theatre Teacher Certification exam and Crash Course has soooo helped me learn in an exciting and fun way! I-ve learned more from Crash Course than I-ve learned in High School and majoring in Theatre in College! So grateful for you guys!
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Val-rie
I feel like i-m back in high school! This analysis is really interesting but Corneille didn't really fall in line after Le Cid.
His response, 3 or 4 years later, was Horace. And other cornelien hero torn between love and duty
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I feel like i-m back in high school! This analysis is really interesting but Corneille didn't really fall in line after Le Cid.
His response, 3 or 4 years later, was Horace. And other cornelien hero torn between love and duty
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Carl
The -Alas, poor Yorick- speech is not properly a soliloquy in the sense forbidden by the French Academy. The next words are, after all, -I knew him, Horatio. - Hamlet's not talking directly to the audience.
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The -Alas, poor Yorick- speech is not properly a soliloquy in the sense forbidden by the French Academy. The next words are, after all, -I knew him, Horatio. - Hamlet's not talking directly to the audience.
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christine
as someone who's learnt all of this in french since high school, its so cool to see you explain it so well and in such a fun way! im so excited for the moliere video, his pieces were hilarious!
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as someone who's learnt all of this in french since high school, its so cool to see you explain it so well and in such a fun way! im so excited for the moliere video, his pieces were hilarious!
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Asha
Hi! I am french and I'd like someone to tell me what's the French equivalent for classicism because I guess it's not -classicisme - which refers to a complete different period. -
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Hi! I am french and I'd like someone to tell me what's the French equivalent for classicism because I guess it's not -classicisme - which refers to a complete different period. -
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Brian
Every time I hear of El Cid (or in the French case, Le Cid, I think of the original animated -The Tick- series, which had a villain who was a giant sunflower named El Seed!
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Every time I hear of El Cid (or in the French case, Le Cid, I think of the original animated -The Tick- series, which had a villain who was a giant sunflower named El Seed!
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