In this unit of work called “Textual Conversations”, students will consider the tradition of ekphrasis. This is where one text responds to another text. Traditionally, this has been poetry written in response to artworks. The purpose of ekphrasis is to develop a relationship between one text and another by defining and describing its essence and form. Consequently, the responder is able to gain new insights and appreciation of the original artwork and the poem. Simply put, it is as though the two texts are having a conversation.
In their imaginative, interpretive and analytical writing, students will consider the following ideas and questions:
· What is your initial response to this text?
· How can there be more than one interpretation of a text? Are they all valid?
· What factors shaped your response? (visual elements; your personal, social, historical context)
· How can the reading of an ekphrastic text reshape your response to the artwork?
· Can the artwork reshape your response to the poem? Can it influence response both ways?
· Does reading the poem and then reconsidering the artwork limit, enhance, illuminate, confront, confirm, challenge, surprise, reinforce, crystallise, affirm your original understanding of the artwork?
In their imaginative, interpretive and analytical writing, students will consider the following ideas and questions:
· What is your initial response to this text?
· How can there be more than one interpretation of a text? Are they all valid?
· What factors shaped your response? (visual elements; your personal, social, historical context)
· How can the reading of an ekphrastic text reshape your response to the artwork?
· Can the artwork reshape your response to the poem? Can it influence response both ways?
· Does reading the poem and then reconsidering the artwork limit, enhance, illuminate, confront, confirm, challenge, surprise, reinforce, crystallise, affirm your original understanding of the artwork?
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