106-019 Blake

Formerly available as 106-216/316. Students who have completed 106-216 or 106-316 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites.

This subject introduces students to the poetry, paintings and critical reception of William Blake focusing on 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; and have developed an understanding of Blake's attitudes toward gender, women, the body and sexuality.