field of literary science is not literature‚ but “literariness”‚ in other words‚ that which makes a specific work literary. Genette says that it is not enough that an artist has a message. To some extent‚ it should be absorbed into a spectacle. Roland Barthes clearly distinguishes ecrivain‚ a writer‚ from
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differences between women and men‚ distorted as they have been. What is natural to the two sexes can only be found out by allowing both to develop and use their faculties freely” (Mill 13) He does not go as far as Derrida theory and feminists‚ but as Roland Barthes‚ he observe the predetermined role imbued to children through education‚ he argues that what the English society claims to be natural is in fact a result of education and traditional prejudice: girls are taught to selflessly serve men as they
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ENGL 3000: Working Paper #1 QUESTION #1b QUESTION #2. 10 points. Please read “Introduction: Who’s There?” in Virtual Shakespeare‚ pp. vi-ix. BEFORE YOU WRITE: Think over your response to some of the statements‚ views‚ and opinions presented by the authors‚ R L Widmann and Jesse Stommel. Select one or two statements that you think you might use as a touchstone In your study of Shakespeare in English 3000 this semester. IN YOUR ANSWER: Quote one point or topic or statement (which
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Choose a particular media and cultural form or practice. Explain how you might locate your chosen example within a circuit of culture‚ and identify the sort of issues you might raise at each point on the circuit‚ drawing on your knowledge of the questions‚ problems and approaches explored on the module during the year. This illustrative example works around the material explored in the very first session on this module‚ and is designed to provide you with some ideas about how to approach this
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Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Audience and Representation Analysis My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was a programme broadcasted on channel 4. At it’s peak Big Fat Gypsy Wedding drew in an audience viewing of up to 8.7 million people‚ making it Channel 4’s eighth highest viewed programme. There are many different opinions as to what makes the programme so popular‚ that it is able to draw in audiences of half a dozen million and more week in week out. One theory as to why the programme is so popular could be due
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How does Detective Mills subvert the binary opposition good and bad in the film Se7en? Introduction In this essay‚ I am going to be analysing a character from the thriller film ‘Se7en’ (directed by David Fincher). The character of my choice is one of the lead roles of this film‚ Detective Mills. This character is portrayed as a homicide detective‚ taking the place of experienced retiring detective Somerset. The theoretical analysis I have chosen to use is the use of binary oppositions‚ particularly
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Hall (2003) proposed that culture that plays a primary role in how meaning is constructed. A basic genetic feature of human beings is the ability to classify‚ and a system of classification (the way in which we can conceptually group information) is learnt in society. Therefore‚ culture consists of our shared conceptual maps. ’Translatability is not given by nature nore fixed by the gods. It is the result of a set of social conventions.’ (Hall 2003). Over time‚ speakers of a culture have come
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Foucault ’s Las Meninas and art-historical methods. Michel Foucault ’s study of Velazquez ’s Las Meninas (1) was first published in the volume Les Mots et les choses in 1966 which was followed‚ in 1970‚ by the English translation titled The Order of Things. In "Las Meninas"‚ which is the title of the opening chapter of The Order of Things‚ Foucault focused on the artwork itself as though it were before him‚ describing in extraordinary detail what he saw. His seemingly unobtrusive actions--looking
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Imagine that you are a noble in a group of missi dominici. You have been mandated by Charlemagne to go forth and inspect governments‚ administer justice‚ and reawaken all citizens to their civil and religious duties. Write a letter back to Charlemagne recounting your experiences so far. 799 December 5 To King Charles‚ the Great: A lull in our travels presents me with the opportunity to further apprise of our sojourns. Since leaving the palace in Aachen‚ we made the journey through lands of
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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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