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Couldn’t every English major could use an extra $150 dollars to Barnes and Noble? Or how about your name listed in the “acknowledgments” portion of a Norton Anthology? All you have to do is recite a work of literature just the way you want to for the second annual Norton Anthology Student Recitation Contest!
Here are the guidelines:
- Submit an original video recitation of one of the 6 provided works
- Keep your video under 5 minutes
- Submit your video between September 15th and November 1st by uploading it online
- Be creative!
*Note: Memorization is not required, but would probably increase your chances of winning.
Here are the options for your recitation:
-“Speech to the Troops at Tilbury” by Elizabeth I (The Norton Anthology of English Literature)
-“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe (The Norton Anthology of American Literature)
-“If—” by Rudyard Kipling (The Norton Anthology of English Literature)
-“We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar (The Norton Anthology of American Literature)
-Sonnet 116 (“Let me not to the meeting of true minds”) by William Shakespeare (The Norton Anthology of English Literature and The Norton Anthology of World Literature)
-[A Bird, came down the Walk-] by Emily Dickinson (The Norton Anthology of American Literature and The Norton Anthology of World Literature)
For more information, plus information to include in your video visit: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/aboutcontent.aspx?id=17824&mid=64