CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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How does desire disrupt the representation of unified identity in John Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore? Representations of sexuality in Early Modern literature reveal a variety of attitudes‚ but they can be characterised by the ambivalence which they display towards the subject of desire and its consequences for the self. The destructive potential of desire is revealed in John Ford’s Tis Pity She’s A Whore‚ widely considered to be one of the most radical works of Jacobean theatre‚ not only for
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Carol Payne‚ an associate professor of history and photography theories at Carleton University‚ wrote an article titled “How Shall We Use These Gifts?” Imaging the Land in the National Film Board of Canada’s Still Photography Division‚ in 2007. Her article was written to examine photographs and photo-essays that were produced by the National Film Board of Canada’s Still Photography Division‚ during the 1950s and 1960s. The images reflect Canadian landscapes and natural resources. These images
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Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics Analysis and Interpretation of the Realist Text: A Pluralistic Approach to Ernest Hemingway’s "Cat in the Rain" Author(s): David Lodge Source: Poetics Today‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 4‚ Narratology II: The Fictional Text and the Reader (Summer‚ 1980)‚ pp. 5-22 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771885 . Accessed: 14/03/2011 05:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚
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The Disturbing Truth: Frida Kahlo’s My Dress Hangs There Art is not always pleasant‚ but neither is society. Art and society have a reflective relationship with one another. During social‚ religious‚ and political controversy‚ artists such as Frida Kahlo incorporated imagery into their portraits of society which are often disturbing to the viewer. The role of an artist often includes acting as a social critic‚ to show us aspects of our cultural landscape that are unpleasant. In this manner‚
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proving that even The Dove billboard can easily be compared to the story of the “World of Wrestling” from Barthes Mythologies. In the story‚ wrestling is described as a myth for the simple reason that the audience doesn’t care if a wrestling match is rigged‚ but rather what it is seeing taking place. They don’t think about reality or truth. In fact‚ they really don’t think at all; they see (Barthes 2000‚ p.15). This can be applied to the Dove advertisement because the audience is only engaged with what
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With the touch of a single click a picture is taken and forever revitalized. Photography takes the essence of memory and seals it into the history of those involved in the process. Susan Sontag’s didactic text “On Photography” digs deep into the meaning of photography and claims that it has unlimited power within modern society. Her exclamation that “cameras are fantasy-machines” exerts the idea that photography brings the world closer together‚ yet seems so distant as if it were all but an illusion
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Copyright by Rebecca Anne Macmillan 2013 The Report Committee for Rebecca Anne Macmillan Certifies that this is the approved version of the following report: The Languages of Nox: Photographs‚ Materiality‚ and Translation in Anne Carson’s Epitaph APPROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: Supervisor: Ann Cvetkovich Coleman Hutchison The Languages of Nox: Photographs‚ Materiality‚ and Translation in Anne Carson’s Epitaph by Rebecca Anne Macmillan‚ A.B. Report Presented to
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Truth in Contemporary Photography Assessment Item: Major Essay Susan Sontag defined the photograph as a ‘trace’ directly stencilled off reality‚ like a footprint or a death mask. Every photograph is in some sense a document of something else‚ therefore giving it truthful merit. Photography is seen as a record‚ a piece of evidence that something happened at some point somewhere‚ in that time or place in front of the camera‚ holding its moments in stillness.[1] The photograph seeks to achieve information
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WORLD LITERATURE II (ENGL 2112 FALL 2014) EXAM II REVIEW This is a comprehensive exam‚ however you will only be required to discuss these texts in specific detail: Hedda Gabler | “Araby” | “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” | “The Yellow Wallpaper” | A Night in Hell | “The Second Coming” | “When You Are Old” | Six Characters in Search of an Author | “The Metamorphosis” Types of Questions on this Exam I. Multiple Choice—select the best answer from the options provided. II. Identification—provide
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