Gerard Genette. Structuralism and Literary criticism. “Gerard Genette’s structuralism is‚ to some extent‚ like the ‘close reading’ of the Americans or the ‘verbal analysis’ of F. R. Leavis”—Justify. How does Genette elucidate the meaning and scope of structuralism? Gerard Genette’s theory of structuralism is dealt with in an exhaustive‚ elaborate manner in his brilliant essay ‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism.’ As a classicist‚ he wants to revive the classical tradition
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Semiotic and Ideological analysis of ‘Extraordinary Measure’ - Directed by Tom Vaughan. Valentin Voloshinov declared: ’Whenever a sign is present‚ ideology is present too’ (Voloshinov 1973‚ 10). Signs do not merely reflect reality but involved in its construction; therefore those who control the sign systems also control the construction of reality. Film a media text‚ uses visual imagery to tell specific stories to promote specific ideologies. This essay will explore the film with the use
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Material Dialectic The Marxist school follows a process of thinking called the material dialectic. This belief system maintains that "...what drives historical change are the material realities of the economic base of society‚ rather than the ideological superstructure of politics‚ law‚ philosophy‚ religion‚ and art that is built upon that economic base" (Richter 1088). Marx asserts that "...stable societies develop sites of resistance:
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1. Introduction In recent years‚ movie class plays a more and more important role in English teaching in China. Most teachers require students to write movie reviews after watching the movie. However‚ how to write movie review is still remain unclear to students. Some student download a review from the internet‚ and some write a summary of the movie instead. Genre analysis is a system of analysis by which observations are made on the repeated communicative functions found in genres and on the
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Aysun BARUT 31.10.11 2008210003 TKL301/ TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ARISTOTLE’S DEFENSE OF POETRY AGAINST PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF LITERARY CRITICISM As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle have different opinions on poetry and also it’s social effects. Plato’s Republic is a work which is not directly about literature; but his comments on poetry determine his position to it. He presents us a view of literature in a mainly negative way. Unlike Plato‚ Aristotle regards
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undesired effect. Utilizing this dicey method of epigrammatic couplets for such serious issues‚ Pope sacrifices pieces of his intended message‚ for the sake of rhyme‚ leading to easily misleading and generalizing messages that are open to scathing criticisms‚ misunderstandings and the possible loss of his some of his composition ’s integrity as well as a confusion of his own convictions. The keys to great aphorisms are their ability to be applied to more common situations‚ thereby making them even
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Since its publication in 1981‚ Joy Kogawa’s Obasan has assumed an important place in Canadian literature and in the broadly-defined‚ Asian-American literary canon. Reviewers immediately heralded the novel for its poetic force and its moving portrayal of an often-ignored aspect of Canadian and American history. Since then‚ critics have expanded upon this initial commentary to examine more closely the themes and images in Kogawa’s work. Critical attention has focused on the difficulties and ambiguities
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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as "Daffodils"[2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802‚ in which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. Written some time between 1804 and 1807 (in 1804 by Wordsworth’s own account)‚[3] it was first published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes‚ and a revised versionwas published in 1815.[4] It is written in six-line stanzas with an ababcc rhyme scheme‚ like the Venus
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Linguistics professor and best-selling author‚ Deborah Tannen explains how “The Argument Culture” wants us to accept that by creating conflict is the best way of getting things done with an adversarial disposition. An essay taken from her book‚ The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue (1988)‚ Tannen expresses her views on having adversarial dialogue between two sides has weakened communication in our society. Although‚ we live in a society where we are free to express our conflicts
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2.1. Foucault‚ Gaze and Jane Eyre p.3 2.2. Jane Eyre and the Returned Gaze p.4 3.Jane Eyre and Subjectivity p.6 3.1. Subjectivity as Jane Eyre ’s Strength p.6 3.2. Childhood as Roots to Subjectivity p.8 3.3. Criticisms p.8 Conclusion p.10 Bibliography p.11 Introduction All Charlotte Brontë needed was a woman who would openly speak about her life‚ regardless of its details‚ regardless of how society will cringe to it or be
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