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>I dont know what i would do without this discussion >board - you all have such great ideas that i would >never have thought of on my own. And Lindsay, Are you >an english teacher in disguise??? You certainly know >what you are talking about thats for sure, and i would >just like to say thanks for all the stuff youve posted >on here - it is a huge help. > >ok, so i now understand the themes (i think) and i >feel we are going to get asked on the reality of >history, and how we will never get a true picture of >what actually happened, not only from historians and >artists, but also from those who wrote the accounts >both gericault and barnes interpreted from. After >all, the men on the Medusa will each have their own >interpretation etc, so we will never get an objective >account. I also think we will get asked about the >techniques each uses to turn catastrophe into art, and >also whether it is important to do this - after all, >it distorts our view of history. From barnes for >example, the language is very animalistic - consume >flesh - and the "hardened hearts" of the men who >"calculated" that it would be better for them if they >killed the sick, creates an impression of them as >unemotional beasts (to me anyway), and i personally >dont feel thats what they were all like. Im babbling >on now, but i think barnes main theme is the srtuggle >for survival - linked with gericaults interpretation >also - and also the inhumanity and instability of man. > Any comments on this would be helpful! >One thing i am stuck on is the characteristics of both >a novel and a fictional piece - i cant find anything >on it anywhere. Im also confused about all this genre >stuff you lot keep taling about! My teacher obviously >left that bit out! > >love mich xxxx

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