ENG 201 World Literature

Introduction:

Art and literature has been a prolific weapon in comprehending the cultural context of a particular society. According to R. Williams, art and literature is closely associated with the cultural discourse of a society. Since the report particularly encompasses the cultural context of West Midland, it specifically looks in to the aspects of literature and art. According to the report published by the University of Birmingham it has been studied that the cultural context in West Midland region is chiefly associated with the practice of art and literary practices. With the impact of Anglo-Saxon culture that is noted to be persisting even in the twenty first century has been both passive and direct upon the literary discourses.  This report looks in to two major cultural contexts of the region in the United Kingdom. Historically, Birmingham has been a prolific region in terms of its cultural preservation from the faraway Germanic age. While creating a conceptual framework on the topic of both art and culture, the historical context has been taken in to account. Astonishingly the villages and the cities in West Midland region are typically the same thus preserving its essence of the core culture.

Literature:

The tradition of the literature in Birmingham is stringently associated with the religious concept of Puritanism. The history of this literary context specifically dates back to the 16^th century and the 17^th century where the rise of merchants also epitomized the concept of literary movement at post Anglo- Saxon mobility in the society. Since the church and feudal state in the 17^th century has been weak and here was a revamp state in the emergence of the economic classes with the passivity of the merchant classes in the cultural sphere, the extremity of the entire case has to be taken in to certain consideration. For instance, John Rogers’ compilation of The Bible and the poetry of W. H. Auden have been considered to be the epoch- making venture in the field of literature. The children stories of fiction by Barbara Cartland still haunt the literary practices in the region (Chingonyi, Kisby .and Miles 2016). Coming to the literary practice in the West Midland region in the twenty first century the work begins with the classical writings of Modernism.  With the birth of Modernism in the twentieth century the literary practice in Birmingham and the other associated regions in West Midland have been quite interdisciplinary in its contemporary essence.  Birmingham literary festival of 2017 looks back to the historical pathway of the literary events thus celebrating the writing workshops over last decades (Birmingham.ac.uk 2017).   Modern day literature in the West Midland is thus highly discursive of the classic literatures.

Art:

Practice of art in West Midland region is significantly ritual oriented with different modern techniques. Kate Spence’s projection of the Midland Pasteur correlates the classical practice of art during Romantic England. Since, the Midland People are strongly associated with the nature, their art and literature stringently associates the pantheistic nature within the cultural practices. Hannah Dale’s post modern impressionist photography deals with the curvy structure of the era. On the other hand, Aimee Millward with her projection of structuralism relates to the virtual mirror effect that correlates the both the intersection of real and unreal. Reuben Colley’s exhibition of graphic designing with the interpretation of different colors and its collaboration with realistic approach depicts strong association with the natural aspects (Melchers 2017).

Conclusion:

From the aforementioned discussion it can be concluded that most of the cultural aspects are closely associated with the pastoral alliances with the people. As a matter of fact, it needs to be taken in to certain consideration that the value of nature and culture is highly imperative in the procreative literatures of West Midland.

References:

Birmingham.ac.uk. (2017). Academic staff in Modern and Contemporary Literature - English Literature - University of Birmingham. [online] Available at: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/staff/modern-contemporary-literature.aspx [Accessed 6 Jul. 2017].

birmingham.ac.uk. (2017). birmingham.ac.uk. [online] Available at: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/history/cwmh/events/emergencewm.pdf [Accessed 6 Jul. 2017].

Chingonyi, K., Kisby, A. and Miles, R., 2016. Three poems from Campaign in Poetry. Soundings: A journal of politics and culture, 61(1), pp.113-113.

Melchers, G., 2017. 4 ‘An’I’oäps as’e beänt booöklarn’d: but’e dosn’not coom fro’the shere’: Alfred Tennyson’s dialect poetry and insider/outsider readers and writers. Dialect and Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century, p.51.

Stammers, T., 2014. Poems in practice. Br J Gen Pract, 64(619), pp.93-93.