Lectures 11 & 12 American Short Stories: From Postmodernism to Dirty Realism John Barth on the short story ‘Less really is More… there are narrative ideas suitable only for a short story: quick tales‚ epiphanies that even a novella would attenuate…. You can hold a short story in your hand‚ like a lyric poem; see it whole; examine the function of individual sentences‚ even individual words‚ as you can’t readily do with Bleak House’. Ihab Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (from
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The News: Realism‚ Narrative and Form ________________________________________ The questions of Realism‚ bias and representation take us back to the material we looked at in the first two weeks of the course. As I have tried to stress‚ when we look at the issue of "realism" and the "representation of reality" in the media we have to be aware of the fact that the media always presents a "mediated" version of that reality‚ on its own terms. Sociological‚ political‚ cultural and ideological
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Idealism has long been debated throughout time in all cultures. To some cultures‚ there may be an ideal form of love or even an ideal form of a human being with correct morals and values for said culture. In ancient literature‚ the concept of idealism has long been used when it comes to the development of their characters. In Ancient India‚ the Ramayana is the perfect example to describe the ideal Indian man and woman and‚ in a sense‚ the ideal love between a man and a woman. Rama‚ one of the main
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Chapter 4. Idealism‚ Solipsism‚ and Panpsychism Here’s something that might sound crazy‚ but is nonetheless taken seriously by many philosophers: Not only do humans and other animals have minds‚ but even plants and bacteria have minds. Further‚ even so-called inanimate objects like grains of sand‚ droplets of water‚ and even individual atoms each have their own minds. Maybe the mind of a grain of sand is simpler than the mind of a human being‚ but it is a mind nonetheless. Everything has its
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should be treated with respect since black people and women have been treated as lower class citizens and American soldiers have been treated as heroes when the soldiers are scared to be fighting. American Idealism forms the way something should be and how it is perceived. However‚ the idealism of American thought is not always correct. An individual should strive to come up separate opinions and thoughts on what is right and not conform to popular belief. In the past‚ there were preconceived perceptions
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PADUA‚ JANN ANDRE H. AUGUST 2‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- IV – BSCT DR. M.C. SIGUA ------------------------------------------------- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------------------------- WORKSHEET NO. 1: PHILOSWOPHY‚ VISION AND MISSION ------------------------------------------------- | PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY | MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY | MISSION | PNU is dedicated to nurturing innovative teachers and education leaders
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Why has the revolutionary‚ idealistic novel Animal Farm remained such an interesting piece of literature?[d][e] It encourages readers to think about the Soviet Union in a new way. Orwell took his in-depth[f] understanding[g] to create a setting using symbols‚ metaphors‚ themes‚ and characterization to embody the events of the Russian Revolution. He helped the readers to understand the accounts of the rise and development of soviet communism in the form of an animal tale. Thus[h]‚ throughout the novel
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it’s on your television‚ in a video game or in a movie theatre on the big screen. The individuals who are feeding us these falsehood portrayals of the apocalypse may be looking for a quick profit. “I think the fascination behind post-apocalyptic societies allows people to live out a fantasy of invulnerability. There are more people who believe they could survive a zombie apocalypse‚ than there are people who would think they’d die early for example‚” Nicholas Finch‚ an editor at The Demopolis Times
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Transcendental idealism is the idea that objects in space and time are not grounded within themselves. Rather‚ an outer source must provide solidarity and meaning for the objects. The two realms that Kant introduced‚ one dependent on human sense and the other that is not‚ are able to help create definition and clarity for these objects. Fichte did not entirely agree with the definition of transcendental idealism introduced by Kant. Instead‚ Fichte believed that
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