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Maria-Kristiina Lotman, Mihhail Lotman. The Accentual Rhythm of the Estonian Trochaic Tetrameter |
2007, nr. 2 |
The present paper aims to give a systematic
description of the formation and evolution of Estonian syllabic-accentual
versification. The material for it is served by the most typical
Estonian metre – trochaic tetrameter (T4) from the works
of 20 authors from the end of the 19th century and the beginning
of the 20th century.
The main purpose of the study is to find out whether the verse
rhythm is a self-acting realization of the prosodic structure
of the language or whether it has its own regularities. Secondly,
it intends to describe the regularities of the Estonian T4. Thirdly,
it attempts to find out whether the rhythmical structures may
correlate in some way with the esthetic tendencies of an author
and/or the period when they lived. The analysis reveals that there
are two different rhythmical types in the Estonian T4, one of
which is characteristic of traditionalist writers, while the other
can be found in the works of modernist authors. The esthetic parameters
are even more important than the chronological framework: the
"simple" authors of the 20th century do not give up
the traditionalist patterns.
Keywords: trochaic tetrameter, syllabic-accentual
versification, metre, rhythm.
Maria-Kristiina Lotman (b. 1974), PhD, University
of Tartu, lecturer,
maria.lotman@mail.ee
Mihhail Lotman (b. 1952), PhD, Estonian Institute
of Humanities, professor; University of Tartu, senior researcher,
mihhail@ehi.ee
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