literature always affects readers in terms of opinions‚ knowledge‚ imagination‚ interests and much more. Therefore‚ reading may be regarded as an action that helps readers improve themselves. Still‚ the question remains‚ whether reading only causes self-improvement‚ or if the opposite is also the case. A summary and discussion of Harold Bloom’s and Rita Felski’s arguments will follow‚ in order to be able to answer this question at the end of this essay. In the prologue of his book‚ How to Read and
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and longing for acceptance. In order to assimilate and find some sort of mental belonging the “1.5 generation”‚ forced themselves to forget their culture and lose themselves and with this “conscious choice of amnesia” brought an onset of “fragmented self” or “displacement”. The process of assimilation is because of culture‚ and since culture plays a huge role in identity‚ assimilation is what shapes your identity and molds your culture. In Yauling Hsieh’s ‘From Obsession to Amnesia: Survival in
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...............................................................46 B. SELF−CONSCIOUSNESS(1)......................................................................................................................60 IV. THE TRUTH WHICH CONSCIOUS CERTAINTY OF SELF REALIZES ..............................60 THE TRUTH WHICH CONSCIOUS CERTAINTY OF SELF REALIZES ....................................60 A. INDEPENDENCE AND DEPENDENCE OF SELF−CONSCIOUSNESS..................................64 LORDSHIP AND BONDAGE
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contemporary readers in Singapore today‚ through the problematization of a fixed cultural identity. This is brought out by Clifford’s dramatization of the tension between the self and the other within the European protagonist (Sir Philip Hanbury Erskine). He is drawn in to the Asiatic other and yet‚ sees that he cannot escape his European self (and more so‚ his duties). Thus‚ it is this “amphibious” (Clifford 65) push-pull dynamic in Philips cultural identity that makes Clifford’s text relevant to us (contemporary
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concepts of I- self and other. Consciousness is very much connected to the act in that the former conditions the full manifestation of the I through the latter. However‚ consciousness alone cannot form the act (conscious activity)‚ there is a need for the will to bring about a conscious action self consciousness coupled by the will constitute self- determination. In here‚ the act performed reveals the wholeness‚ originality and uniqueness of every man. Through action the proper I- self emerges wherein
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Constitution of Selves is critically assessed revealing a failure to recognize the degree to which‚ Mackensive believes‚ first personal significance of the body influences the constitution of identity. Mackenzie agrees with Schechtman on the role of narrative self-constitution possessing the ability to elucidate this signficance in the
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A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF HIGH FASHION ADVERTISING by Alan Rhodes and Rodrigo Zuloago 12/5/03 Fashion advertising is an excellent example of identity-image producing media. The nature of the product is tied directly to identity—those objects with which we encase our bodies for public display—and fashion is acknowledged as a cultural language of “style”. In the realm of High Fashion advertising—those products and identity-image advertisements at the top of the socio-economic spectrum: products such
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discovery within his text‚ including a related text of your own choice? Discoveries all involve first time experiences or reconciling with someone and is the basis for human growth and acceptance. Michael Gow‚ who is the author‚ explores the concept of self-discovery in his play ‘Away’ and how it affects people’s lives. Through the various concepts that come about of discoveries readers will take in the fact that discoveries is far more then a movement from one place to another‚ rather a opportunity to
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written by Walker Percy called “Short Quiz.” Percy writes that there are different subcategories of consciousness of self that play a role in how people act and live. The cosmological self‚ the Christian self‚ and the diverted self are one of the many subcategories Percy goes on to explain in his article‚ and that are very common in U.S. contemporary culture. The cosmological self seems to be the most notorious of them all since‚ “… it is identified with a cosmological myth or a classificatory system”
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It is through the understanding of other people and our relationships with them that we come to understand ourselves and our lives. The journey for self-knowledge is long and sophisticated but can be achieved through the understanding of others and the relationships they hold. Relationships can have varying imapcts on people. Some relationships create the person‚ some changes the person and some help find true independence. These relationships may influence them physically‚ emotionally or mentally
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