THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE AND VISUAL ARTS – EKPHRASIS IN JAN ERIK VOLD’S LITERARY WORK
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE AND VISUAL ARTS – EKPHRASIS IN JAN ERIK VOLD’S LITERARY WORK

Summary/Abstract: The Relationship between Literature and Visual Arts – Ekphrasis in Jan Erik Vold’s Literary Work. The paper focuses on a brief presentation of the notion of ekphrasis, aiming at Jan Erik Vold’s ekphrastic poetry and the relationship between word and image in three of his poems, namely: Fiskeskøyta/Furutreet (The Fishing Vessel/ The Pine Tree), Seks ferskner – Et tusjmaleri av Mu-Ch’i (Six Peaches – A China Ink Painting by Mu-Ch’i) and Jegerne... (The Hunters…). In addition, this approach allows for an analysis of the three poems in relation with their visual representations. An important step in this type of analysis is the presentation of the three painters, René Magritte, Mu-Ch’i and Pieter Bruegel about whose paintings Jan Erik Vold wrote the three poems.

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