STRUCTURALISM - A theoretical method which is analytical not evaluative. - A way of approaching texts and practices derived from Ferdinand de Saussure. Exponents of Structuralism include: |Name |Field | |Claude Lévi Strauss |Anthropology | |Roland
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Edgar Allan Poe‚ reputed as the father of American short stories‚ is a poet‚ writer and literary critic of nineteenth century. His works‚ most of which explore the dark side of consciousness and subconsciousness of human beings‚ was well-known for horror and mystery. "The Black Cat" is one of Poe’s masterpieces. It depicts love‚ hatred and fear between men through the narration of the changing relationship between a mentally abnormal man and a black cat. Loneliness‚ death‚ torture and abnormal psychology
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Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is to study representation of the male characters (Beast‚ Gaston‚ Maurice and Lefou) and the leading female character (Belle) in Disney Beauty and the Beast 2017 using Connell Masculine Theory (2005). Statement of problem Although Disney Beauty and the Beast were often analyzed‚ the approach is in feminism rather than masculinity. (Beauty and the Belles Discourses of Feminism and Femininity in Disneyland‚ Allison‚ 2002)‚ (Damsels in Distress: A Textual
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approached by both Cornell and Rutgers University‚ which she credits to her experience with the Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard University. Ultimately Warhol published with Rutgers University because of their expressed interest in feminist narratology‚ the combination of which Warhol specializes and is one of the first scholars to bring these movements together
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published in 1995. It is a mishmash of several stories woven together and presented to us from view-points of several writer-narrators or character- narrators. This novel has attracted considerable interest in the academicians because of the unique narratology of the novel which is different from the rest of the Indian novels written in English. The novel is experimental‚ and breaks away from the conventional methods of story-telling used in Indian English Fiction. Throughout the narrative‚ the readers
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differently to individuals. It is crucial to to make sense of the countless aspects fitted together in a story to make the movie overall. Some people are not aware about the fact that‚ like there exists the study psychology‚ there is also the study Narratology‚ which is “the study of how stories work‚ how we make sense of the raw material of a narrative‚ how we fit them together to form a coherent whole.” (Giannetti). Nowadays‚ Hollywood movies has similar story makeups‚ unlike more with more than one
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Professor Elizabeth Ashley When researchers use qualitative methodologies‚ they are motivated to design their research on the basis of one of six research traditions: participatory action research (PAR)‚ phenomenology‚ ethnography‚ grounded theory‚ narratology‚ and consensual qualitative research (Hays & Wood‚ 2011). For the purpose of my action research project‚ I chose the PAR design primarily because the process requires participation from those who are directly affected. As triangulating data sources
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References: Wilfred‚ Guerrin. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York. Oxford University Press. 1999 Begley‚ Louis. Defenition of Anti- Hero. 2000 Prince‚ Gerald. Dictionary of Narratology. Accessed on 7 May 2013 Module on Barthes : On the Five Code. Accessed on 7 May 2013 The Adaptation from the National Library of Medicine."Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature" Retrieved from websites : www.duluth.lib.mn.us
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The notion that media content reflects changing dominant discourses with regards to masculinity and femininity appears to be an on going debate‚ although traditional representations of men and women are still very much evident in media content‚ for example domesticity‚ motherhood and women’s role in the home‚ it is notable that due to shifts in a cultured society‚ one that claims to be of fairness and equality‚ that there are still repetitious marginalisation’s which currently proliferate within
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Terry Eagleton What is Literature Doing a polemical study of contemporary literary theory‚ Eagleton introduces us in this world explaining what is actually fiction. a. Imaginative writing One definition is that literature is imaginative writing‚ based on its fictionality and do not engage in the literal truth. However‚ Eagleton rejects this theory‚ since the literature also includes nonfiction genres such as essay and autobiography. Distinguishing between fiction and fact‚ or truth and fantasy
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