The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"

Lulić, Dina

undergraduate thesis

The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017. urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

Lulić, Dina

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Lulić, D. (2017). The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

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Lulić, Dina. "The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

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Lulić, D. (2017). 'The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 01 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

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Lulić D. The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2017 [cited 2024 December 01] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

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D. Lulić, "The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2017. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254164

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Title	The Complexity of Human Nature in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"
Title (croatian)	Dvojnost ljudske prirode u "Pjesmama nevinosti" i "Pjesmama iskustva" Williama Blakea
Author	Dina Lulić
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2017-09-20, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	The paper gives a general introduction to the Romantic period and biographical information on William Blake’s life. After that, it analyzes his poetry with regard to the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The poems analyzed are counterparts, “Holy Thursday” of Innocence and “Holy Thursday” of Experience, “The Chimney Sweeper” of Innocence and of Experience and “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. The primary focus of the paper is on showing how complex human beings are, and that innocence and experience are not simply two polarized states of human soul. Moreover, by bringing them into the context of the age, it is going to show the inevitable symbiosis between good and evil, between innocence and experience. As the era brought about social changes most clearly seen in the rise of the bourgeoisie, it also negatively affected the lower parts of the social ladder. Blake was mostly concerned with these issues, so his poems present the negative effects of the radical social change on the common people. While it is typical to assume that the state of innocence is mostly concerned with children as they are naturally inexperienced and naïve, the paper shows how the surroundings may corrupt, spoil, and scar the fundamental innocence of human beings.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:254164
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Croatian Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) hrvatskog jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) hrvatskog jezika i književnosti)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
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