How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL
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24 21st century literature ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28 Comparison with Modernist Literature ………………………………………………………………… 28 Common themes and techniques ………………………………………………………………………… 28 Irony‚ playfulness and black humor and Intertextuality ……………………………………….. 28 Pastiche‚ metafiction‚ fabulation‚ poioumena and temporal distortion ……………….. 30 Magic realism‚
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Lego targets parents‚ offering an alternative to television! From the first glance‚ it is immediately noticeable that this controversial advertisement is clearly very different from the traditional advertisements one would expect from Lego. It definitely has the parents as the target audience and is focusing on the parent’s fear of bad influences on their children. When one considers who the preferred‚ negotiated and oppositional readers would be as defined by Stuart Hall (Hall et al. 1980)
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The Paco Rabanna 1 million commercial for men starts by gradually opening to the face of a handsome model with camera lights alternating across his face. As his head emanates up he raises his right hand and snaps his fingers to start the rhythm of a catchy beat. As he snaps his fingers along to the music‚ materialistic items pop up around him as he dances. The first object shown is an up-close glimpse at a large flashy silver and gold trimmed ring. This is then followed by two red dice which signifies
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EXAM 2 REVIEW (Performance Studies) The exam will include approximately 50 questions (multiple choice‚ matching‚ and true/false). You will need a large Scantron form and #2 pencils to record your answers. Introduction to Performance Studies (K. Filbel lecture and Schechner‚ ch. 1) What does it mean to say the field of perf. studies is wide open? Richard Schechner claims that human values are not from nature‚ so where do they come from? • Basic assumptions of Performance Studies
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Textual features: language features Alliteration when the poet uses the same consonant letter at the beginning of a number of words placed close together e.g. dark plastic skeleton dangling near my French doors. Apostrophe addressing an inanimate object or a dead person as if they were alive e.g. ‘Death be not proud though some have called thee mighty’(Donne‚ J in Favourite verse (1999) Hurford‚ C (Ed)‚ Parragon‚ Bath. p.450) Assonance when the poet repeats the same vowel sound in a number of words
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All That Heaven Allows Subverts the 1950’s Woman’s Film A widow named Cary Scott‚ the protagonist of All That Heaven Allows (1955)‚ shows forbidden desires for a much younger gardener presenting many female topics that would usually go unrecognised‚ such as fantasy‚ wistfulness‚ desire and unconventional romance and this is perceived remarkably well with the narrative. Douglas Sirk‚ an auteur directs this melodrama giving this genre of film a new meaning. He enjoyed working for many studios
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MACBETH - SIMPLIFYING THE PLOT Macbeth is an ambitious man who wants to be King but who originally lacks the desire to act upon his ambitions‚ despite the fact that he is confronted by three witches who predict future glories‚ including the bestowal of titles and the Kingship. His wife however‚ is eager for him to achieve his potential‚ and she plays on his human weaknesses to encourage him to kill the King and usurp power for himself. The involvement of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the murder
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M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang’s play M. Butterfly’ is about a French diplomat Rene Gallimard who is in love with Chinese opera star‚ Song Liling; who deceives him by hiding the fact that she is a man and also a spy of Chinese government. One of the main characters of the play is Song and she is the material for desire for Gallimard. This desire of Gallimard to possess Song is a great example of materialism. The play also explains the concepts of feminism‚ cultural context‚ metaphor‚ dramatic structure
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Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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