What is ekphrasis? What are some examples of ekphrastic poems, and how should we read them? Professor Rebecca Olson answers these questions using examples from Victoria Chang's "Edward Hopper Study: Hotel Room" and Homer's The Iliad.
The short video is designed to help high school and college English students to not only identify ekphrasis in poems and stories but also to analyze its purposes and effects. The video is sponsored by the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University. For more discussions of literary topics and essay writing tips, please subscribe to the free SWLF YouTube Channel or visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/
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Timestamps
0:00 Ekphrasis Definition
0:41 Ekphrasis in Homer's Iliad
0:59 Ekphrasis in Modern Poetry
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