This document provides an abstract for a thesis that analyzes how William Blake's poems "Introduction to Song of Experience" and "Introduction to Song of Innocence" reflect the social conditions of 18th century England. The thesis uses sociology of literature theory to examine how the poems depict England from the perspective of the urban labor class. It finds that both poems reflect the suffering of the lower classes through symbols from adult and children's lives respectively, showing how the lower classes experienced segregation and emphasized religious belief due to impacts of the industrial revolution. The analysis reduces, displays and draws conclusions from data in the poems to understand how they reflect 18th century English social issues from the view of the working class.
This document provides an abstract for a thesis that analyzes how William Blake's poems "Introduction to Song of Experience" and "Introduction to Song of Innocence" reflect the social conditions of 18th century England. The thesis uses sociology of literature theory to examine how the poems depict England from the perspective of the urban labor class. It finds that both poems reflect the suffering of the lower classes through symbols from adult and children's lives respectively, showing how the lower classes experienced segregation and emphasized religious belief due to impacts of the industrial revolution. The analysis reduces, displays and draws conclusions from data in the poems to understand how they reflect 18th century English social issues from the view of the working class.
This document provides an abstract for a thesis that analyzes how William Blake's poems "Introduction to Song of Experience" and "Introduction to Song of Innocence" reflect the social conditions of 18th century England. The thesis uses sociology of literature theory to examine how the poems depict England from the perspective of the urban labor class. It finds that both poems reflect the suffering of the lower classes through symbols from adult and children's lives respectively, showing how the lower classes experienced segregation and emphasized religious belief due to impacts of the industrial revolution. The analysis reduces, displays and draws conclusions from data in the poems to understand how they reflect 18th century English social issues from the view of the working class.
Asyari, Muhamad Kholil. (09.05.1.1.1.00038). The Reflection of Englands
Social Condition in 18 th Century in William Blakes Introduction to Song of Experience and Introduction to Song of Innocence. Thesis. English Study Programe of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, University of Trunojoyo Madura. Advisors: (1) Dr. Suryo Tri Saksono, (II) Suci Suryani, S.S, M.Pd.
Introduction to Song of Experience and Introduction to Song of Innocence by William Blake are the poems that contain the social and religious meaning. The poems describe the social condition of England in 18 th Century. Thus this study discusses the reflection of Englands social condition in 18 th
century in those poems. The aims of this study are to answer: (1) How do the poems Introduction to Song of Experience and Introduction to Song of Innocence reflect the social condition of England in 18 th Century?; (2) What do the similarities of the two poems Introduction to Song of Experience and Introduction to Song of Innocence reflect the social condition of England in 18 th Century? Sociology of literature theory that focuses on sociology of work is used to analyze social condition of England in 18 th Century reflected in both poems. The lines of those poems that reflect to the social condition are as the data in this study. In line with the features of qualitative research, the data collection is done simultaneously with the data analysis. There are three related processes in the data analysis that is done together; reducing data, displaying data and making conclusion. In this study both poems reflect Englands social condition in 18 th Century from Urban Labor Class point of view who is as lower class. The poem Introduction to Song of Experience reflects lower class with symbols that is from an adult life. For the poem Introduction to Song of Innocence reflects lower class with symbols that is from children life. Thus, the similarities of both poems describes that lower class get suffering from segregation. The suffering brings lower class to emphasize to religious belief. All of those aspects are impact of the industrial revolution in England at the time.
Keyword: William Blakes Poems, Sociology of Work, Englands Social Condition, Urban Labor, Industrial Revolution.