| TERM: |
2020-21 Fall |
| COURSE NUMBER: |
ENGL 336 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Word
and Image: Art, Artists, and Literature |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr. Philip Mingay |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3 (hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) |
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Literary works that offer representations of the artist
and his or her work abound, and the presentation of the artist’s role
in culture has a long and fascinating literary history. This course
examines literary representations of art and artists, including the
visual arts. How have writers described the lives and the work of
writers, painters, and sculptors? What can we learn about creativity,
talent, and the lives of artists from these literary works? Texts will
be selected from various historical periods, and from multiple
countries, in order to demonstrate the rich relationship between the
visual and the literary.
Prerequisites: ENGL 215
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| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
- Atwood, Margaret.
Cat’s Eye (1988)
- Carr, Emily. Klee
Wyck (1941)
- Chevalier, Tracv. Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999)
- Loving
Vincent (2017)
- The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
- Wilde, Oscar. The
Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
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- Mattick, Paul. Art and its Time (2003)
- Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of
Mechanical Reproduction (1935)
- Berger, John. Ways of Seeing (1972)
- Elkins, James. On the Strange Place of
Religion in Contemporary Art (2004)
- Tanner, Jeremy. The Sociology of Art: A Reader (2003)
- Butler, Lord. Pleasure and the Arts: Enjoying
Literature, Painting, and Music (2004)
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| MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
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Essay One
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15% |
| Essay Two (Research) |
35% |
| Library Assignment |
15% |
| Quizzes, Short Answers |
10% |
| Final Exam |
25% |
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|
100% |
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| COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
The classes will incorporate both lecture and
discussion formats. I will introduce each text and its critical
background, and then as a class we will examine the text in detail, as
well as any supplementary texts. This means that you must attend class,
keep up with the readings, and be prepared to contribute to class
discussions. It would be useful for you to note what you believe are
significant sections from the texts, and how they may contribute to our
understanding of the course as a whole. |
| COURSE OUTLINE: |
September
- 9 Introduction/Syllabus Distribution
- 11-14 The Romantic Artist
- Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
Romanticism Summary
- 16-18 The Sister Arts
- Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- Listen to "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- Sister Arts Summary For
- AGA visit: Benjamin, The Work of Art in
the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- 21-30 Art for Art's Sake
- Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (alt
link)
- Wilde the Dandy
- Wilde, "The Decay of Lying"
- 23 No class: IS Conference
- 25 AGA: Rembrandt and Group of Seven
- Rembrandt Videos
- Aura: see readings below
- 28-30 The Social Production of Art
- Berger, Ways of Seeing(16-32, 83-111,
129-154)
- Ways of Seeing Colour Images
- Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of
Mechanical Reproduction
- Tanner, Sociology of Art: A Reader (157-164)
October
- 2 Library Session for Art
- Research Zoom:
https://kingsu.zoom.us/j/94736804068
- 5-14 Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring
- 16-30 Atwood, Cat's Eye
November
- 2-16 Other Visual Arts
- Reading Vincent Van Gogh
- Van Gogh Letters
- Loving Vincent film website
- 18-30 Art and Appropriation
- Carr, Klee Wyck
- Library Assignment due Nov 13
December
- Dec 2-4 short stories and poetry TBA
- 7-9 Review
- 11 last day of classes
- 14 Final Exam: 1:00pm
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