ANTHROPOMORPHISM, AVANT-GARDE, BILDUNGSROMAN

ANTHROPOMORPHISM

The word anthropomorphism was first used in the mid-1700s.The word derives from the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), "human", and μορφή(morphē), "shape" or "form"

We can say that it refers to human form of anything other than human being.

EXAMPLES FROM LITERATURE,FILM,ART

There are hundreds of examples of anthropomorphism in literature and television, and it is perhaps most common in children’s books. The television and book series Arthur is a good example, as are Guess How Much I Love You, Thomas The Train, Clifford: The Big Red Dog,Martha Speaks, and the classic animated films, The Land Before Time and Dumbo.

Writers and filmmakers also have used anthropomorphism with great effect for adults.Watership Down, which was made into a film in 1978, is a classic example in which rabbits are used to illustrate the hero’s journey, having discreet and separate personalities, a religion and a desire to form a utopian rabbit society. Human characteristics also appear with Mister Ed, a fictional talking horse who appeared in both short stories and a television series in the early 1960s, and many adults are familiar with the drug-addicted, socially awkward talking towel, Towelie, from South Park. In the 2007 film, Stardust, one of the main characters, Yvaine, is a star in human form who has fallen out of the sky. Similarly, an army of robots from another world fight valiantly to save Earth from the evil Decepticons in the 2007 movie, Transformers.

One of the most famous sculptures displaying human traits is The Lion Man. Experts think that it is at least 32,000 years old, and that it is one of the earliest examples of anthropomorphism. The famous picture by

Ron D'raine, First Kiss, is a popular contemporary example of this type of personification, featuring an adult giraffe leaning down to "kiss" her resting baby. 

Sited from :

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-anthropomorphism.htm

Ron D'raine, First Kiss

HUMAN FORMS OF GREEK GODS FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY

AVANT-GARDE

The avant-garde (from French, "advance guard" or "vanguard", literally "fore-guard") are people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture and politics

SOME EXAMPLES OF AVANT-GARDE

E.E CUMMINGS (POET)                                

                                                                PABLO PICASSO ( PAINTER AND SCULPTOR)

             

             SAMUEL BECKETT ( IRISH PLAYWRIGHT)                                                     JAMES JOYCE ( WRITER )

BILDUNGSROMAN

A literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood