AMST 30133 - American Literature on the Visual (European) Arts

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

This lecture intends to offer a close analysis of pieces of American literature about the visual arts. The focus will be twofold. On the one hand, we will look at American literary pieces that deal with painting (and sculpture) in more general terms, e.g. E.A. Poe's short story "The Oval Portrait", Willa Cather's short story "The Profile," or Edith Wharton's story "The Muse's Tragedy." The second part will focus on poems and fictional pieces that refer to a specific painting and/or painter, e.g. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem about the (Austrian) Gustav Klimt's painting "The Kiss," Gail Godwin's short story "The Legacy of the Motes" about Hieronymus Bosch's painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights," and Jorie Graham's poem "San Sepolcro," which deals with Piero della Francesca's painting of the "Pregnant Madonna." Special emphasis will be given to the male versus the female perspective. Jorie Graham, for example, offers a different approach to viewing and understanding art that is typically female with a different epistemological implication, and Wharton raises the question of woman as the male artist's muse versus woman as the creative artist herself. Students attending the course will be provided with a folder of the texts and copies of the paintings that are referred to.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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