Thursday, February 3, 2011
Pictures
I think multimedia literature is very present in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience because of the way he puts pictures to go along with every poem. The pictures make the poems easier to understand and provide more entertainment to the reader. The pictures help tell the story and if one were to not understand the poem, they could rely on the picture to guide them through. The fact that the poems and pictures are based off the bible and biblical characters make the collection of stories relate to a familiar story that most everyone knows. I liked how the poems were accompanied by the pictures that he designed because it made the poems so much more interesting to read. Poems standing alone in a book can be so boring, but I really enjoyed the pictures and how the whole collection came together.
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So true Lins! This class is making me never want to read regular literary text again! The pictures give everything a completely different perspective. Imagine Blake's work with only text, the poems would be read completely different!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! I think the images really add to the meaning of Blake's work. I think that it really puts a face on his opinions and really emphasizes his point of view. The book would not be the same and would not hold the same meaning without the images.
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