This five stanza poem is steeped in the extended personification of the books as articulate individuals. The title‚ The Secret Life of Books suggests there is something hidden below the superficial purposes (covers) of the books‚ that there is a hidden agenda that we don’t know about‚ as is also suggested in line 11 and 12 (stanza 2). The ambiguity of the poem stems from the themes of the poem which regard the power of books and language and‚ in a metafictional sense‚ the poem draws attention to
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The thesis advanced by Hebdige on the dynamics and significance of sub-cultural style has been influenced by a number of paradigms and theorists including but not limited to; The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies‚ Gramsci’s theory of Hegemony‚ Barthes’ semiotics and Levi-Strauss’s notion of Bricolage (Nilan‚ 2007‚ p. 116; Hebdige‚ 1981‚ pp. 101-103). The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies was itself heavily influenced by Antonito Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony. That is‚ that within a
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often passed down to future generations and provide a way for them to make sense of reality. In Mythologies Barthes describes myths as a ‘type of speech... a system of communication... a message... a mode of signification‚ a form’ (Barthes‚ 2009: 131). Connotation refers here to the possible cultural meanings behind certain elements of the media text above‚ again it may be worth considering Barthes view that‚ ’thanks to the code of connotation the reading of the photograph is... always historical; it
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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New criticism approaches - FOUZIA LAKHMOR - G3 - S4 - ON : 530 New Criticism A literary movement that started in the late 1920s and 1930s and originated in reaction to traditional criticism that new critics saw as largely concerned with matters extraneous to the text‚ e.g.‚
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong Education Publishing Ltd. Liu‚ P. H. (2004). Ways of Eating: Savoring Postmodernity. Tai Wan: Fish & Fish International Co. Ltd. Robinson‚ D. (1999). Nietzsche and Postmodernism. (H. Lau‚ Trans.). Beijing: Beijing University. Roland‚ B. (1998). Mythologies. (Q. Q. Hui.). Tai Wan: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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Research Proposal Aim: To study and compare the role of women in some of the women centric Hindi films released between 1980 to 1990 and 2000 and 2010. Objective: To study the issues of gender‚ caste‚ development that were perceived in Indian cinema then and now in women centric films. A comparative study about the representation of women in Indian cinema then and now in women centric films. Scope: There are a numerous women centric films that are created in diverse languages around the world
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entertainment such as film inevitably “contains‚ reflects‚ and promulgates” ideology (Grant 32)‚ the shift of the film genre is almost always interrelated with the shift of the myth. This social ideology that derives from the entertainment is what Roland Barthe‚ a french literary theorist‚ describes as the myth. Barry Grant borrows the Barthe’s argument of the myth in his critical essay talking about film genre: “[He] argues that the very principle of myth is that ‘it transforms history into nature’—
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Analysis of Voice and Character of The French Lieutenant’s woman Shima Nourmohammadi Shino964@liu.student.se Voice Analysis. The novel begins with voice of Thomas Hardy’s ″The Riddle″ which is quoted by the author. This quotation is an apt description for The French Lieutenant’s woman which portrays a singular figure‚ alone against a desolate landscape. The novel portrays Victorian characters living in 1867‚ but the author‚ writing in 1967‚ intervenes
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www.TIMHAN.me PLM2002 – Wri4ng and Publishing ! ! ! ! ! PLM2002 Writing and Publishing Online Media and Electronic Media New Media and the postmodern loss of authorship. By: www.TIMHAN.me ! Revised on: 02/05/2013 ! ! 1 www.TIMHAN.me PLM2002 – Wri4ng and Publishing Contents Page 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………….3 2. Tipp-ex Campaign………………………………………………………...…4 3. Google Glass
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