ENGLISH 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emily Carr, Totem Pole, Clearcutting

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 1AA3
• Professor: Roger Hyman

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Lecture 2: emily carr: head of the raven is upturned, might represent pride, emily carr, as a painter, often dealt with light and dark (light, being hope and optimism, celebrating the raven (the raven is very large) Carr is celebrating a central indigenous symbol: carr = white woman, victorian raised. Looks at this culture through her own eyes: nature is in process, it is moving, nature (in western world) is an object we can relate to, nature is an it . In most tribal communities, nature is alive/in process and we have a relationship with it [subject subject] In trailblazing, many westerns cut the tree, but natives teach tree to grow at an angle (so not to damage another being) Above the gravel pit , emily carr: similarity to vincent van gogh"s style of painting, this painting is very political.