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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title Literature and the Visual Arts
Module Code LC568A
School SALIS
Online Module Resources

NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
The purpose of this module is to identify and analyse verbal representations of visual representations (existing or fictional) and to examine critically the close relation between literature (including the graphic novel), art, film and photography. Students are expected to attend lectures, contribute to seminars and to engage in online-learning activities on a regular basis.

Learning Outcomes
1. Gain insight into the history, theory and applications of the relationship between literature and the visual arts (essentially ekphrasis and art criticism)
2. Identify modes of representation adopted in artistic portrayals of writing and of the figure of the writer in the visual arts
3. Examine the role of illustrations of poems, fairy tales and plays by major poets and artists
4. Distinguish script-writing process and cinécriture (or ciné-roman)
5. Analyse and interpret adaptations of literary works on film
6. Investigate the expansion of the graphic novel worldwide



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Total Workload: 0

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Introduction to Literature and the Visual Arts Ekphrasis 1.
Definitions and illustrations.

Ekphrasis 2.
Application: art and poetry.

Ekphrasis 3.
The graphic novel.

Thematic approach 1.
Paranoia in Art and Literature.

Thematic approach 2.
Literature and the Sacred: Imaging the unsaid through the martyrs of Saint Sebastian.

Literature and Film 1.
Introduction to cinéroman.

Literature and Film 2.
Film Adaptation of Literary Works.

Art criticism.
Authors as art critics.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • Baudelaire, Charles: 1993, Selected Writings on Art and Literature, Penguin Classics,
  • Cheeke, Stephen: 2008, Writing for Art, Manchester UP,
  • Heffernan, James: 2004, Museum of Words: thePoetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery, University of Chicago Press,
  • Sager Eidt, Laura M.: 2008, Writing and Filming the Painting: Ekphrasis in Literature and Film, Rodopi,
  • Webb, Ruth: 2009, Ekphrasis, Imagination and Persuasion in Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Practise, Ashgate,
  • Updike, John: 2006, Still looking: Essays on American Art, Hamish Hamilton,
  • Morrison, Jeff & Krobb, Florian (eds.): 1997, Text into Image: Image into Text, Rodopi,
Other Resources
None
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Programme or List of Programmes
MACLMA in Comparative Literature
MASSMA in Sexuality Studies
Timetable this semester: Timetable for LC568A
Date of Last Revision19-JAN-11
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