Because 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
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Paris has long been the political and cultural capital of France. It has influenced and has had a special place in French history for years‚ including the later years of the July Monarchy up through the start of the Great War. Parisians have played a considerable role in setting the atmosphere of their city. Their actions shaped Paris during the aforementioned time period. As depicted by the writers Muhammad As-Saffar‚ Alexis de Tocqueville‚ Edmond de Goncourt‚ and Marc Bloch‚ Paris was a city of
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Chapter 18‚ Section 3: The Radical Days of the Revolution I. Introduction 1. In 1793‚ the revolution entered a radical phase. For a year‚ France experienced one of the bloodiest regimes in its long history as determined leaders sought to extend and preserve the revolution. II. The Monarchy Is Abolished 1. As the revolution continued‚ dismal news about the war abroad heightened tensions. Well-trained Prussian forces were cutting down raw French recruits. In addition‚ royalist officers were deserting
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Study Guide for French Revolution * Brinton’s model of a revolution: * Symptomatic Phase- all social classes are unhappy (peasants are scared of change‚ bourgeoisie want change) * Moderate Phase- revolution begins in hopes of control (radicals feel like there isn’t ENOUGH change) * Radical Phase- a strong men from a radical group gains and assumes power * Convalescence Phase- revolution has a setback; moderate groups regain power * Estates: * First Estate:
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1. Opening Scene General Vision and Viewpoint: The serious and heavy opening music suggests that the events of the film are serious‚ that serious issues are at stake. In the opening narration freedom is seen as desirable‚ and the “Americas” seen as somewhere it can be found‚ a desirable destination for those who wish to escape. The footage of the fleeing refugees elicits our sympathy for them – the innocent victims of the war. After the French Resistance agent is shot the camera points upward
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Causes of the French Revolution 1. International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy. 3. The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism‚ one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions of good
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Casablanca - Cultural Context Some aspects of cultural context War/Politics: The main backdrop to this story is that of war and politics. There are many war stories but Curtiz chooses the unusual setting of Casablanca – it’s a cultural and political melting pot that provides a richly textured cultural context in which the characters can interact. Much of this is explained in the opening scene (see section on Key Scenes below). Several cultures co-exist or are represented – the locals
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1. Which weighs more? The modern piano 2. Which instrument responds more rapidly to the player’s touch? The 18th-c. piano 3. An extended range of available notes (seven-and-a-quarter octaves‚ instead of just five) is a feature of the modern piano 4. If the relationship between two (or more) musical tones is simple and stable‚ we call the combination consonant 5. When composers combine tones successively‚ we call the resulting series a melody 6. By the late 18th century‚ the
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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Chapter IX. The French Revolution pp. 361-415 France “replaced the ‘Old Regime’ with ‘modern society‚’ and at its extreme phase it became very radical‚ so much so that all later revolutionary movements have looked back to it as a predecessor to themselves.” The French Revolution occurred in the most advanced country of the day‚ the center of the Enlightenment. It was the most powerful‚ wealthy nation in Europe. It had the largest population (24 m) under one government. Paris was smaller than
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