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Capstone Sharing

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Listening to everyone’s capstone presentation was truly an honor. To get a look into the minds of my classmates, and be able to have an opportunity to see what they see in the works that we studied all semester was a great pleasure. I took a lot from it myself, and applied some concepts that they had mentioned to my own capstone because they had taken context from things that I did not think of yet. This is the great thing about with collabroating with peers, you have the oppurtunity to learn something that you were not expecting to.

Oscar Wilde's, Salome

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The analyzing of Salome by Oscar Wilde was extremely interesting to be a part of. Throughout the course of the meeting today we came to a pretty general conclusion that the images by Aubrey Beardsley and the text by Oscar Wilde we're working in two different directions but simultaneously creating a very successful text. With this being said it was apparent that Aubrey Beardsley definitely took his own approach in illustrating for Oscar Wilde's playwright. Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations really take a play on sexuality and gender throughout the entire T of the book.

Sherlock Holmes - Image x Text x Context

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The link between word and image always fascinates me and it especially fascinates me when we’re looking at literature from a completely different time from the time in which I have lived in my 20 years of life. The Sherlock Holmes' images that we looked at today were quite interesting mostly because of his story that the image told and contrast to the story that the words were telling. It was a great conversation to conduct throughout the class because of the input from all of the different perspectives coming from all the different people in my class.

Judging a Book by its Cover

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Today I had the pleasure of looking into the edition of Christina G. Rossetti's Goblin Market with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. With the assistance of Dr. Janzen, I was able to learn that this was not only marketed as a childern's book, but also a collectors piece. I found that extremely interesting, but not surprising, because I am always looking out for the classic children book's of my childhood, to collect and keep and use and display one day , god willling, when I have children of my own. I can understand the market for this book in this sense.

Poetry Interpretation

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I really enjoyed the process of annotating “The Lady of Shalott” and the two illustrations by different Pre-Raphaelite artists. I was even more so intrigued with the poem in compaison to the other works we have looked at. It was so easy to read and felt like it the analyzing came extremely naturally and allowed for soem great food for thought. I annotated a piece in Part IV that was talking about the blood freezing within the Lady of Shalott and her mournful singing. That piece of the poem held some really vivid and dark imagery that was breathtaking to read.

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens x John Leech

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 I found it very fulfilling to be able to look at A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens and Illustrated by John Leech today in class with my fellow peers. I have read/seen all different types of versions of A Christmas Carol as a result of just simply growing up. To call it a classic is an understatement, but to be able to study it in a university class this semester is a full circle moment. The images curated by John Leech have extreme depth and they have the capacity to be analyzed to great lengths.

Uniqueness in Victorian literature - Annancy Stories

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Today I was given the opportunity to look at the Annancy Stories by Pamela Colman Smith. I was more than surprised when looking through this book. A lot of the illustrations caught my attention immediately and some so much that I just stared at the photo for an arguably long time. It was obvious that the person that wrote the stories was just as much invested as the person illustrating the images… and in this case it was the same person.

What has engaged me thus far! - Week One

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It was so nice being back with my fellow English peers. It was nice to hear what everyone was excited about for this coming semester. I think what intrugued me the most in our first zoom meeting was goingover hwat the semster is going to be like. With so much uncertainty, it was nice to have some concrete information accompanied by a solid plan for the semester going forward - with many ,thanks to Professor Janzen for the organization. In regard to the works that we will be looking at, I am specifcially excited to go through The Christmas Carol works listed in our schedule.

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