Chapter I: Part I: 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.

PART II

STUDIES IN VOCAL EXPRESSION

INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION:--The Vocal Vocabulary.

STUDY IN PAUSE AND CHANGE OF PITCH.

STUDY IN INFLECTION.

STUDY IN TONE COLOR.