Pastiche is defined by Fredric Jameson as “like parody‚ the imitation of a peculiar or unique‚ idiosyncratic style‚ the wearing of a linguistic mask‚ speech in a dead language. But it is a neutral practice of such mimicry‚ without any of parody’s ulterior
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Dyke Hard is a celebratory pastiche of multiple B-movies and genre films‚ exploiting their tropes and clichés in a wild LGBT party of a film. Inspired in part by the work of John Waters‚ it gives a nod to a dynamic and creative underground of the pre-digital past – a time when political incorrectness and trash rhymed with transgression and carried real meaning and clout. Though "trash as trash can" is the film’s credo‚ these concepts have lost most of their impact today; their milder forms have been
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1 Annexure ‘I’ M.A. English Part-I & II The Appendix ‘A’ (Outlines of Tests) and Appendix ‘B’ (Syllabi & Courses of Reading for M.A. English Part-I and Part-II shall be effective from the Session 2002-2003. The class admitted in the year 2002 will take their M.A. English Part-I Examination of 2003 according to new syllabus in the year 2003: - M.A. (English) Part I Examination of 2003 Appendix ‘A’ (Outlines of Tests) Marks Paper I (Classical Poetry) Paper II (Drama) Paper III (Novel) Paper
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Le couple dans En attendant Godot et Oh les Beaux Jours Introduction Du latin copula‚ lien‚ le mot couple désigne autant l’union de deux personnes unies par amour que‚ par extension‚ la réunion de deux êtres. En rupture ou se constituant‚ fatal ou complice‚ le couple‚ étendu à sa seconde acception‚ est une figure propice à représenter la nature fondamentale des relations humaines et la condition humaine. C’est ainsi que ce thème occupe‚ depuis ses plus anciennes apparitions‚ la littérature
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Name: Jonathan Kadish (567731) Module: ENGL 3004 Tutor: Prof. G. Gaylard Elective: Celluloid Metafiction Due date: 16 August 2013 Topic: Write a critical analysis of the significance of the non-linear narrative of Pulp Fiction. English 3004: Post Modernism Pulp Fiction This essay will discuss the many original and revolutionary themes as well as cinematic techniques employed by Quentin Tarantino in his film Pulp Fiction‚ with
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gifted students understand modern literature and art? The focus here is on classics of prose‚ poetry and painting that are interesting in themselves and help to make sense of the period of cultural crisis that defined abstraction‚ fragmentation‚ pastiche‚ tricks of perspective and surrealism in modern literature and painting: T.S. Eliot The Waste Land (Part 1)‚ W. B. Yeats ‘The Second Coming’‚ Gertrude Stein Picasso (selections) and paintings by Picasso and Dalí. Discussion includes the teaching
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Cited: Arouet(Voltaire)‚ François-Marie. Candide. 1759. Becket‚ Samuel. Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Weidenfeld‚ 1957. http://www.humancondition.info/Beyond/AcquiredConsciousness.html. 2008. Solzhenitsyn‚ Aleksandr. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. USSR: Signet Classic‚ 1963 The Holy Bible.
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English Paper Two Tips 1. Look at past questions and use them to break down your texts for revision If you look through past paper questions‚ you’ll spot that the sorts of questions you receive will always be about generalised things. Off the top of my head‚ things like Setting‚ Character‚ Beginnings and Endings‚ Death‚ Love‚ Chronology etc. all tend to crop up with reassuring regularity. So‚ this is the way in which you should approach your texts when revising them. Remember that in the actual
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Fortune 500 companies precariously perched on the fault line of the Internet Age will either learn to balance on the shifting landscape or be crushed Living on the Fault Line: Managing for Shareholder Value in the Age of the Internet By Geoffrey A. Moore‚HarperCollins‚ August 2000‚ $27 HOW SHOULD THE MANAGEMENT OF A PUBLIC COMPANY that rose to prominence prior to the age of the Internet manage for shareholder value now that Web dominance is upon us? The key is to strip the organization of any task
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Pulp Fiction‚ is considered by many to be a key example of post modernist cinema. Its use of non-linear narration‚ copious references to other movies and its off beat dialogue‚ combined with Tarantino’s unique style make the viewer aware that there is something different about this movie from most Hollywood blockbusters. George Ritzer said that "in the modern world everything seems pretty clear-cut‚ (but) on the cusp of the postmodern world many things seem quite hazy." This is the case with regard
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