• Ovid, “Pygmalion” in Metamorphoses. Reserve.
• Screening of Blood of a Poet, a film by Jean Cocteau, 1930.
This week we will focus on the myth of Pygmalion. Please read Ovid’s version. Why does
Pygmalion make this statue? What are the implications of his creation? What kinds of issues arise when thinking of imitation in this way?
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