Week 4 Discussion: Literary Movements
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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook for historical/political influences)
Initial Post Instructions
Choose one of the literary movements that you read about this week and at least one work from that movement. Movements, authors, and famous works are discussed in the lesson as well. You do not have to choose authors or works discussed in the lesson, but you may. For your initial post, address one of the following:
Option 1: Examine the movement and specific work in relation to historical and political influences of the movement. Include a one paragraph summary of the plot before moving on to the examination of the work in relation to the movement.
Option 2: Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Here are a few examples, but you are not restricted to this list:
Asher B. Durands Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryants Thanatopsis)
John William Waterhouses The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennysons The Lady of Shalott)
Sir John Everett Millaiss Ophelia (influenced by Shakespeares Ophelia from Hamlet)
Gian Lorenzo Berninis Apollo and Daphne or The Rape of Prosperina (influenced by ancient myths)
Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by various ancient myths)
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Respond to one peer who chose an option different from yours. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.
**As a separate paragraph, please respond to the following post:
Hello classmates and Professor,
For this weeks discussion I choose to go with option two which is looking at the specific art influence by literary work. I will being examining a specific piece by Asher B. Durands Thanatopsis who was influences by William Cullen Bryants Thanatopsis Which is a Greek term meaning view on death (Magee, 2016). This falls into the Lyric category which is a poem about deep feelings about a certain topic or event (Jacobus & Martin, 2018). The landscape, portraits the poems emphasis on the durability of earth its nature and the reversion of the man on earth in its soil. The picture has a landscape with a funeral, a farmers work, and the ruins of an old man. It also shows the permanence of nature, trees are still standing tall with green leaves, and sunshine from all over as a reminder of natures natural beauty. The poem is a jab at comforting people who have a fear of dying. By making the audience feel that when it is your time you should be joyful and not afraid because death is a new form of life. Its all a part of the same cycle everyone goes through. You lose part of your identity that will be mixed with the dirt and stones, which when then be used by the farmer as soil/fertilizer for his crops, that will feed other people or animals. Therefore, the poet eliminates the negativity that the death meaning has and instead gives it a new meaning of how you return to nature and start a new phase of the life cycle. Painter imagines the same philosophy meaning in his landscape by showing the life cycle, the farmer working along with the funeral. As if there is no departure from the earth, only the form of you may change but all nature remains the same. Earth provides a comforting scenery of hope and positivity with all the greenery and the sunshine. Durands attempt to capture the meaning of the poem is clear in most aspects and is well down in a single frame.
Writing Requirements
Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
APA format for in-text citations and list of references
