Task 2 Option 1 Write an essay of 1000 words in response to the following questions: - In what way can Picasso’s Guernica be seen as a form of protest? - Is it continuing to fulfil this purpose today? Picasso painted Guernica in response to the bombing of the Basque town, Guernica in 1927 during the Spanish Civil War. The essay will discuss why the painting can be perceived as a protest against war. The Study Diamond (The Open University (2013), Block 1, 2.3, p.75) will be used to explore the effects, techniques, context and meaning of the painting.
Miguel Cervantes’ Don Quixote written in1605 and the sequel published in 1615 influenced many authors with his themes and modern-day writing. One of the many modern day novels Cervantes has influenced is the Colombian writer Laura Restrepo’s 2004 novel Delirium. Cervantes influenced the world around him with his use of madness as an element in the main character which can be examined in Laura Restrepo’s novel Delirium. Laura Restrepo’s Delirium shows influence by Miguel Cervantes’ Don Quixote through the inspection of the main character’s state of mind being immersed into a world of delirium and madness. Delirium is defined simply as “a mental disturbance characterized by confusion, disordered speech, and hallucinations” (Webster 298).
In his stories, Poe clearly uses a variety of themes and literary devices that let us observe him as a Dark Romantic, rather than a Romantic. First of all, it is important to present a historical background, which explains the link between Romanticism and Dark Romanticism. When Romanticism arrived to the United States it brought the belief that emotion, imagination and intuition meant more than logical reasoning. The Romantics emphasized sensibility and beauty, as the things, which lead people towards the truth. Wikipedia defines Romanticism as “a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe (...).
“Don Quixote de la Mancha: Thematic Analysis and Overview” Every so often, a book is written that captures more than just ideas, but finds itself a cross-section of an entire society. Books like Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, or Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes is one such book that serves to not only entertain, but show us a portrait of 16th century Spanish life and spark debate in philosophy, politics, and a plethora of other fields. Miguel de Cervantes was born of a noble family in Spain in 1547. Little is known about his childhood and his education but he joined the Spanish army when he was about 23.
The four main characters in this play are John Worthing, Gwendolen Fairfax, Algernon Moncrieff, and Cecily Cardew. With the plot mainly focusing on the love stories of the two couples, the play mocks Victorian society as a whole. Wilde does a good job of hiding serious issues with great comedy. The topic of marriage, for example, was a very controversial and debated subject during the Victorian Era. The Importance of Being Earnest questions whether marriage proposal is based on “business” or “pleasure”.
The literary movement of surrealism gave the movement its direction experimenting with a new automatic writing (automatism) which was writing down the words that pour into one’s head, Parallel to the painters who commit to canvas the images that spring into mind. Like dada, poets as well as painter and sculptors were involved. It was once again based on the irrational but in doing so was quite different. Exploration of the subconscious and hidden depths of the mind surrealism was less focused on art than producing significant psychological documents. In 1924 with the publication of the “Manifesto of Surrealism” by the poet and critic Andre Breton, it shed light on the surrealism movement and was an explanation into world of the subconscious.
Abstract Expression therefore, comes from three major sources: Kandinsky’s abstraction, chance according to Dadaist, and the Surrealist’s endorsement of Freudian theory which embraces, sexuality, the relevance of dreams and the authenticity of ego, which abstract expressionism express through “action”. The term Abstract Expressionism was first coined in Germany, Europe in 1919 in the magazine “Der Stum” in regards to German expressionists. It was later adopted in the U.S in 1946 and was applied to the American art by critic Robert Coates. History Abstract Expressionism was spearheaded by a number of Artists in America (strongly influenced by European expatriates) who had grown up during the collapse of world order, influenced by World War II and the Cold War aftermath. The artists felt that the two main art movements of the 1930s – namely, Social realism and Regionalism – failed to satisfy their
They get their love identity from the love of the image they portray to others. In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray is the protagonist who is narcissistic. Dorian Gary is in many ways a modern retelling of the ancient myth about Narcissus. In five ways they are very similar: beauty, love, vengeance, death and narcissism. These stories both have the concept of beauty; Dorian Gary and Narcissus are beautiful, young and handsome.
In the Preface to the 2nd edition of Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth said that poetry should be the “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” The poets, painters and writers of the Romantic era reflect this in many ways. Their progressive thinking, revolutionary action, dramatic anti-establishment artistry and outspoken spontaneity often led them to criticize the aristocratic and political climate of the Age of Enlightenment. They also tended to have a strong disapproval for the scientific rationalization of nature. The Romantics influence was not only on literature, its movement spread throughout the artistic community of Europe and the world causing new developments in the fields of Philosophy, Social Science, Sculpture, Paintings, Music, and much more. In 1822 Jan Vaclav Vorisek published the first impromptu piano piece under the title “Impromptu.” The influence of this piece of music would cause a wave to spread through the way in which composers thought and felt.
Compare and Contrast the main male characters in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering heights are romance novels that have been redeemed as classic because of their twist in plots and sympathy built for characters. They are both based on the theme of marriage and social class, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin was written in the Georgian times and is based around the love affair of Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy two not dissimilar characters divided by their social class. Wuthering Heights was wrote in Victorian period and tells the story of Miss Catherine Lockwood and Heathcliff’s hidden feelings for her that gradually change Heathcliff into a spiteful and evil man. Mr Darcy from first appearance is described as “fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien” shows him to be highly respectable and would start to hint of him being the main male character in the novel as his description is quite complimentary. It speaks of him being “in circulation of the room within five minutes of his entrance” this defines him as a popular character.