Journal #9--Due Friday, June 1, 2001
Hi, Introduction to Literature students!
First, please study the painting below. During your study of the painting, be sure to look in the lower right corner to see Icarus's legs as he falls to his death.
Next, read Auden's poem "Musee' des Beaux Arts" on pp. 830-831 (Poem # 202).
Finally, please do this: Write a paraphrase of Auden's poem and then explain the relationship between the poem and the painting (Why does Auden refer to Brueghel's painting in his poem?)
Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus