Week 4 Literary Movements - Asher B. Durand's  Thanatopsis

Literary Movements Wk4

Choose one of the literary movements below one of the following:

· Asher B. Durand's  Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis")

· John William Waterhouse's  The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott")

· Sir John Everett Millais's  Ophelia (influenced by Shakespeare's Ophelia from  Hamlet )

· Gian Lorenzo Bernini's  Apollo and Daphne or  The Rape of Proserpina (influenced by ancient myths )

· Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by various ancient myths)

Instruction

Option 1:  Examine the literary movement and specific work in relation to the historical and political influences of the movement. Include a one-paragraph summary of the plot before moving on to the examination of the work in relation to the movement.

Option 2:  Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Discuss how the art piece reflects themes that defined the literary movement. Here are a few examples, but you are not restricted to this list: