Democracy through Drama Eu Project

Mimesis applied to the reading of Italian Twentieth Century poems lesson devised by Professor Scaramuzzo To create oneself as a work of art, becoming poetry A lesson for a class of thirteen-year-old students. Objectives 1. To provide the approach to poetry and it reading poetry an ethical action. 2. To make poetry more accessible and relevant to a young readers’ life. 3. To foster an intimate comprehension of the meanings of the poem. 4. To avoid analysis that could obstruct the experience of encountering poetic language and to bring out concepts (e.g. hermetic poetry) and patterns of the poetic-rhetorical language (e.g. similitude, oxymoron) from the expressive dynamism experienced during the class. 5. To experience a participatory learning community where different interpretations facilitate shared understanding. 6. To experience the relevance of expression and understanding in a democratic coexiste...