ENGL 323 - Theories of the Sister Arts

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Trinity College

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In the classical tradition, painting is the sister to poetry. According to this formulation, poetry is a speaking picture, while painting is a silent poem. London in the 18th century saw a massive increase of visual material--from illustrated books, to private exhibitions, to museums, to giant panoramic landscapes. In addition to reviewing some of the spectacular visuals of the period, we will look at poems about paintings, writing about art, and theories of taste, seeing and reading. Expect to learn about Protestant iconoclasm, ekphrasis, iconicity, antitheatricality and literary pictorialism. Primary source materials will include works by Lessing, Hogarth, Winckelmann, Pope, Addison, Reynolds, Hume and Blake. Contemporary theory will include works by W.J.T. Mitchell, Heffernan, Jay and Berger that explicitly consider "ways of seeing" in addition to works by Bourdieu, Foucault, Barthes, and Williams that help us place the sister arts into the larger context of cultural studies. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written before 1800 or a literary theory course. 1.00 units, Lecture

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www.Trincoll.edu

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(860) 297-2000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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