Texts In Time: Blade Runner and Frankenstein Syllabus Students compare how the treatment of similar content in a pair of texts composed in different times and contexts may reflect changing values and perspectives. By considering the texts in their contexts and comparing values‚ ideas and language forms and features‚ students come to a heightened understanding of the meaning and significance of each text. Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context This module requires students to
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The blindness of one’s morality in the irresponsible pursuit of knowledge and power‚ and the consequential diminishment of our humanity that ensues is explored in both Frankenstein (1818) and Blade Runner (1982). These texts warn against the neglect of responsibility and the obsession with scientific endeavours. Despite different times‚ both Mary Shelley’s and Ridley Scott’s contexts represent cultural anxieties about the nature of progress‚ both underpinned by profound technological expansion and
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The concept of duality can be clearly seen in several artists’ artwork. Although‚ the particular artists’ being focused on are Frida Kahlo and Del Kathryn Barton. These artists’ have utilised the concept of duality to enhance the meaning of their works. Frida Kahlo‚ Mexican’s most famous female painter incorporated pain and passion into her original and intimate art. On the other hand‚ Del Kathryn Barton‚ explores the vital dualities of the human psyche. There is a strong connection between Kahlo
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University Press English.ucsb.edu. Dystopia and Science Fiction: Blade Runner‚ Brazil‚ and Beyond‚ Available: http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/WarnerTeach/E192/bladerunner/Dystopia.Blade.Runner.Hoffpauir.htm‚ Imc.gatech.edu. Blade Runner Themes‚ Available: http://lmc.gatech.edu/~stevenson/courses/1102spring06/projects/c2/bladerunner/websitethemes.html Bibliography: Nebolit.com. Blade Runner Cinematic Techniques: Mise-en-scene‚ Available:
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For example‚ according to Ellen Goodman‚ author of Big Brother meets Big Mother and is also so happens to be against the use of spyware‚ claims‚ “A company inauspiciously named Bladerunner has begun selling a jacket with a GPS device sewn into the lining.” This invasion of privacy exposes the location of the user of the jacket. Your location is part of your privacy and it should not matter to anyone else unless you want to disclose
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FRANKENSTEIN & BLADERUNNER This module requires students to compare texts in order to explore them in relation to their contexts. It develops students’ understanding of the effects of context and questions of value. Students examine ways in which social‚ cultural and historical context influences aspects of texts‚ or the ways in which changes in context lead to changed values being reflected in texts. This includes study and use of the language of texts‚ consideration of purposes and audiences
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2014 English III B Unit 10 The theme of duality in “Fahrenheit 451” The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is an extremely powerful novel. It speaks volumes about the nature of human society‚ and how it behaves under the circumstances of a bleak dystopia. In achieving this‚ Bradbury pushes the theme of duality via the specific instances of Montag‚ the destruction of the city‚ and the Phoenix. He does this so he can illustrate clearly the duality of how creation can be derived even in the
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How does Stevenson present duality in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Stevenson presents duality in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in various ways. One of these variations of the duality is among the minor characters‚ for example Utterson and Enfield. Their similarity is that they are both respectable Victorian gentlemen‚ that both like to discuss stories but they feel it is gossiping about their friend and say ‘let us make a bargain to never refer to this again’‚ this shows that they feel that they have over
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Dune by Frank Herbert was revolutionary in that it introduced the idea of intergalactic government and colonial struggle between planets‚ which later became one of the main staples in “Star Wars.” Other books and movies‚ such as Fahrenheit 451‚ Bladerunner‚ The Martian Chronicles‚ Ender’s Game‚ the Harry Potter series‚ and much of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne were landmarks in the industry of science fiction‚ but very few authors have touched the realm of revolutionary medieval fantasy since J.R.R Tolkien
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Can sci fi change the future? How much does science fiction shape the future of the human race? Can exploring through sci fi the possible Utopian or dystopian futures influence how society rises to the challenge of coping with our increasing rate of technological development? Can you think of things that were predicted by sci fi‚ and then became reality? How much did this have to do with the technology development? What I often find fascinates me about the science fiction genre is that there
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