Mythology Notes 8/21/2014 Myth- Story Legend- Heroic tales of humans‚ more recent past Fairy Tales- Outside of human capabilities‚ improbable for adults‚ entertainment value‚ non human characters‚ magical‚ simple plot structures‚ outside time and place Folklore- Cultural stories‚ tales specific to a culture‚ explanatory of things of importance‚ elements of fear‚ contain regular/common people‚ not focused on Gods or heroes Fable- lessons‚ contain animals‚ clearly fiction Urban Legend-In the
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Chapter 1: Ergodic Literature http://www.hf.uib.no/cybertext/Ergodic.html Sample Chapter from Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature by Espen J. Aarseth Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in 1997. Introduction: Ergodic Literature The Book and the Labyrinth Wiener‚ Norbert (1894-1964) A few words on the two neoteric terms‚ cybertext and ergodic‚ are in order. Cybertext is a neologism derived from Norbert Wiener’s book (and discipline) called Cybernetics
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A Portrait of the Artist as an Invisible Man Ralph Ellison and the Authentication of Fiction Through Autobiography Rob van der Mei (3143724) BA Thesis‚ English Language and Culture Utrecht University April 15‚ 2010 Dr. Derek Rubin (supervisor) Table of Contents Introduction 1 1. Genuine Forgeries: Fictional Autobiographies and Autobiographical Fictions 5 2. Dominating Reality: Invisible Man and the Rise of the Nonfiction Novel 11 3. American Realism‚ Modernism and
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REALISM AND PLEASURE To be popular a text must he both accessible and enjoyable. We would argue that texts aiming to challenge the ideological status quo can do so more effectively if they too are accessible and enjoyable. Primetime television is obviously accessible. Unlike much late-night programming which is assumed to be geared towards "minority" tastes‚ programs screened during primetime viewing hours are assumed to be‚ almost by definition‚ of general interest. Screening ORANGES at primetime
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster In Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Red-Headed League‚" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson both observe Jabez Wilson carefully‚ yet their differing interpretations of the same details reveal the difference between a "Good Reader" and a "Bad Reader." Watson can only describe what he sees; Holmes has the knowledge to interpret what he sees‚ to draw conclusions‚ and to solve the mystery
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Haidt & Graham -- 1 When morality opposes justice: Conservatives have moral intuitions that liberals may not recognize Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham University of Virginia February 1‚ 2006 Second draft of invited submission to special issue of Social Justice Research‚ on emotions and justice [8026 words for full MS] Abstract Researchers in moral psychology and social justice have agreed that morality is about matters of harm‚ rights‚ and justice. With this definition of morality‚ conservative
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Chapter I Introduction A tandem wing aircraft has two main wings‚ with one located forward and the other to the rear‚ both wings contribute to lift. A lower first wing is located at the forward end of the fuselage attached directly to fuselage structure. A second higher wing is located at the aft end of the fuselage. Pitch control is achieved by increasing or decreasing the lift on either wing. In a tandem wing design the lift vectors on the two wings are spread far apart longitudinally‚
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Humans‚ aliens & autism Daedalus‚ Summer 2009 by Hacking‚ Ian Contraries illumine what they are not. Aliens‚ typically from outer space‚ are almost by definition not human. Current portrayals of aliens may show more about who we‚ the humans‚ are than they do about our extragalactic contraries. In portrayal by opposites there is often a large dose of fear: for example‚ that we may be all too like the aliens we imagine. That leads to a paradox about autism and aliens. A persistent trope in some
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Lovingly dedicated to: my son Daniel‚ my mother Pauline and my father Bill. Earths Forbidden History Part One Searching for the Past By Maxwell Igan Authors Note The main goal of this book is to provide information to people‚ much of it that is sometimes quite well hidden. It is my sincere hope that everyone who reads this work will be inspired to question things; and to search out these‚ and other new truths and discoveries for themselves. When I first started this
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The natural history of creativity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gakhar‚ S.‚ & Joshi‚ J. N. (1980). Creativity within the framework of personological context. Psychological Studies‚ 25(1)‚ 48-57. Gardner‚ H. (1986). Freud in three frames. Daedalus‚ 105-134. Guba‚ E. G.‚ & Lincoln‚ Y. S. (1988). Do inquiry paradigms imply inquiry methodologies? In D. M. Fetterman (Ed.)‚ Qualitative approaches to evaluation in education (pp. 89-115). Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage. Guilford‚ J. P. (1950). Creativity
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