Middlebury

FYSE1589A-S22

The Poetics of Lullaby

The Poetics of Lullaby
In his lecture on the art of Spanish lullaby, poet Federico García Lorca observed that, “In melody…history’s emotion finds refuge.” The situation of lullaby, as a transitional gesture between waking life and sleep, has made it a natural depository for human wishes, terrors, and fantasies across centuries and cultures. We will investigate the seemingly universal language of lullaby in its folk and literary traditions around the world. Learning will be both research-based and experiential. Readings and papers will include scholarship on individual songs and poems within their contexts, and field work will explore lullaby as a living folk tradition.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22935
Subject Code:
FYSE
Course Number:
1589
Section Identifier:
A

Course

FYSE 1589

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Spring 2022

FYSE1589A-S22 Seminar (Gottshall)