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106-216 Blake | |
Note | Available as 106-316 at 3rd-year level. |
Availability | Not offered in 1998. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Peter Otto |
Contact | One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students to the poetry, paintings and critical reception of William Blake, focusing on his struggle with the philosophies of Newton and Locke, his views on self and gender, and the relation between word and image in his work. Students who complete this subject should: have a working knowledge of Blake's literary and graphic art; be able to demonstrate an awareness of the main currents of Blake criticism; have a broad understanding of the social, cultural and political contexts of Blake's literary and artistic productions; have developed an appreciation of the issues raised by Blake's composite (word and image) and 'ungrounded' art for contemporary literary theory; have developed an understanding of Blake's attitudes toward gender, women, the body and sexuality. |
Assessment | Written work of not more than 5000 words. |
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