Devices in The French Lieutenant’s Woman Abstract The French Lieutenant’s Woman is a splendid literary work written by English novelist John Fowles. It was published in 1969 and received universally acknowledged reputation as a masterpiece of postmodern novel. With intricate plot‚ the novel is regarded as a compelling historiographic metafiction in contemporary British literature. The characteristics of this novel are the metafictive devices employed by the author. Different from the previous
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A Postmodernist/Posthumanist reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s‚ Never Let Me Go using Fredric Jameson’s theory of Postmodernism and Late Capitalism. Posthumanism neologism is used to describe what comes after humanism and the question of what it means to be human. It is often and most frequently used to describe a dystopian life form that is created and crafted by humans themselves. Posthumanism is not to be confused with postmodernism‚ although their paths do cross intrinsically throughout this essay
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Stephen Sondheim - Biography Stephen Sondheim was born on 22 March 1930‚ the son of a wealthy New York dress manufacturer. But‚ when his parents divorced‚ his mother moved to Bucks County‚ Pennsylvania and young Stephen found himself in the right place at the right time. A neighbour of his mother’s‚ Oscar Hammerstein II‚ was working on a new musical called Oklahoma! and it didn’t take long for the adolescent boy to realise that he‚ too‚ was intrigued by musical theatre. Although
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Considering the whole span of earthly time…only within the briefest moments has one species – man – acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world. This power has now increased to one of disturbing magnitude.” (Rachael Carson) An essay exploring above quotation and way in which humans interact with natural world‚ with reference to Man’s relationship with nature has forever been a focal point of human concern. Though fifty years apart contextually‚ Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
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Where do Stories Come From? One If this be magic‚ let it be an art lawful as eating. 3 Telling stories is as basic to human beings as eating. More so‚ in fact‚ for while food makes us live‚ stories are what make our lives worth living. They are what make our condition human. This was recognised from the very beginnings of Western civilisation. Hesiod tells us how the founding myths (mythos in Greek means ‘story’) were invented to explain how the world came to be and how we came to
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1. Choose one genre of cinema (as outlined in the lectures‚ not as presented in the textbook): Classical‚ Modern‚ or Postmodern. In your essay‚ show how one or more films characterize this genre. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of this genre as suggested in the course lectures. 2. Compare and contrast two genres of cinema (Classical‚ Modern‚ or Postmodern)‚ illustrating your answer by discussing one or more films. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of
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start with the examination of some features of postmodernism. To begin with‚ Bessner provides six characteristics of postmodern writings and he affirms that "self-reflexivity is the common denominator" (15). It can mean writing that explores its own condition and function as art‚ through language. It can also mean writing that opens itself to contingency of history. He adds that postmodern writing questions the authority of a centre‚ for example‚ rules concerning the form of a story‚ and goes as far
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CTCS 190: Lecture/Discussion Notes Style/Mode of Representation • Another voice into the production/consumption of a film text • Particular film is rendered in a particular style; has to be addressed by consumer • Objectivity v. Realism Realism • Mode of representation that attempts a 1:1 correspondence with reality with how the subject is depicted (in film‚ artwork‚ etc.) — exactly how a person sees it • Never possible to have exact realism • Everyone’s reality is different • Ideology — relative
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called Seinfeld can be perceived as a postmodern show. In order to answer this question literature review was conducted in combination with analysis of the episodes from different seasons so it will be possible to notice and review the characteristics of the postmodern worldview across the Seinfeld’s seasons. The analysis showed that Seinfeld’s series have characteristics that can be defined as postmodern. Consequently‚ Seinfeld can be perceived as a postmodern show. Table of contents Methodology
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Traditional and postmodern indigenous art practice Traditional Explain how traditional indigenous art reflects a spiritual connection to the land. Why is this important? (Cultural Frame). Select an artwork by this artist‚ examine the signs and symbols used-what do they mean? (Structural Frame) Land means different things to non-indigenous and Aboriginal people. Non-Indigenous people and landowners might consider land as something they own‚ a commodity to be bought and sold. For Aboriginal
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