Rhetorical Analysis
Brandon Vanwert
11/6/12
Eng101LecR5
Soma Feldmar
Imagination and Reality Rhetorical Analysis The essay "Imagination and Reality" was written by Jeanette Winterson. Winterson is a British writer who was born in Manchester, England. After moving to London, her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, and was adapted for television by Winterson in 1990. This in turn won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama. She won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize forThe Passion, a novel set in Napoleonic Europe. "Imagination and Reality" is published in her book of essays, Art Objects. In "Imagination and Reality", Jeannette Winterson talks about imagination, reality, and art. Throughout the essay, she finds ways to compare imagination and reality and show how they go hand in hand. In order to create art, one must make their imagination a reality. Winterson talks about the notional life and a money culture which is encouraged by the government. She argues that the artist cannot live this kind of life, because the artist works on their own time and money cannot describe the value of art. The author refers to the late medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe, where artists where much more valued, because the artist was bringing back visions. Winterson believes that art is visionary, rather than documentary, because it allows you to see things that you would not normally be able to see. The visionary uses their own imagination and makes it a reality through art. The author argues that money can buy the painting, but it can't expose you to the energy inside the painting. Winterson then uses Shakespeare to compare Kingship and the imaginative life. She then goes on to explain the symbolic man, where people surround themselves with "valuable" objects to create self fulfillment. The artist is actually the one that is most in touch with the real world because they see outside of dead visions. Through an artists work, they are able
11/6/12
Eng101LecR5
Soma Feldmar
Imagination and Reality Rhetorical Analysis The essay "Imagination and Reality" was written by Jeanette Winterson. Winterson is a British writer who was born in Manchester, England. After moving to London, her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, and was adapted for television by Winterson in 1990. This in turn won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama. She won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize forThe Passion, a novel set in Napoleonic Europe. "Imagination and Reality" is published in her book of essays, Art Objects. In "Imagination and Reality", Jeannette Winterson talks about imagination, reality, and art. Throughout the essay, she finds ways to compare imagination and reality and show how they go hand in hand. In order to create art, one must make their imagination a reality. Winterson talks about the notional life and a money culture which is encouraged by the government. She argues that the artist cannot live this kind of life, because the artist works on their own time and money cannot describe the value of art. The author refers to the late medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe, where artists where much more valued, because the artist was bringing back visions. Winterson believes that art is visionary, rather than documentary, because it allows you to see things that you would not normally be able to see. The visionary uses their own imagination and makes it a reality through art. The author argues that money can buy the painting, but it can't expose you to the energy inside the painting. Winterson then uses Shakespeare to compare Kingship and the imaginative life. She then goes on to explain the symbolic man, where people surround themselves with "valuable" objects to create self fulfillment. The artist is actually the one that is most in touch with the real world because they see outside of dead visions. Through an artists work, they are able