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    Chang’’s representation of private experiences‚ is an intellectual process of cultural poetics that subverts the mythic language of nationalism and national identity. Keywords: adaptation‚ body poetics‚ history‚ identity‚ intertextuality‚ nationalism‚ parody Introduction Adapted from Eileen Chang’’s short story Lust‚ caution ( Lust/Caution has created heated debates among critics within Chinese cultural circles since its release in 2007. Articles (Dai 2008: 92––93; Lee 2008: 157––192; Shaoyan Ding

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    sent is from the Coca-Col a Company‚ it is a cease and desist letter written by Ira Herbert urging Mr. Seaver to stop the use of the coca cola company slogan “it’s the real thing”. The second letter written by Seaver aims at making a ridicule and parody out of the first letter but is still trying to pass across a message which was that the Grove Press Inc company did not try to steal the Coca-Cola company slogan. The following paragraphs examine the rhetorical strategies of these two letters and

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    will be waiting for love‚” which all changes how the teacher felt about babies and how at the end she realizes how much she wants a baby. I also mimicked her ironic and goal orientated tone she used in “I Want a Wife” to help make my “I Want a Baby” parody essay. In Brady’s essay she was really ironic in the way she claimed to be a wife yet wrote about how she wanted a wife. Not only that‚ but also wrote on how good wives are and at the same time was protesting it. I also incorporated that into my essay

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    the president of the country‚ but he is instead scared to make the Republican Party angry and continues to compromise. PARODY is also used‚ a composition that imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular work‚ or the distinctive style of its maker‚ and applies the imitation to a lowly or comically inappropriate subject. In this case‚ the use of parody is more powerful in its influence on affairs of current importance—the conflict between the two parties‚ politics--than

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    “The charges included "making their neighbours sheep dance in an uncommon manner‚ and with causing hogs to speak‚ and sing Psalms”. Franklin parodies some accusations that could be preceded by the hanging of people that apparently used witchcraft to carry out these heinous acts. Benjamin subsequently proceeds to mock the mechanisms implemented by the puritans to corroborate the presence of witchcraft

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    The Laputans can be effectively characterized as a group of absentminded intellectuals who live on the floating island of Laputa. Gulliver encounters these people in his third voyage. The Laputans are parodies of theoreticians‚ who have scant regard for any practical results of their own research‚ they are so absorbed in their own thoughts that they must be shaken out of their meditations by flappers. These servants walk around with Laputans all day‚ holding special rattle-like equipment in their

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    Peter then has to go to jail‚ translated orally as ‘prison’. The parody of the joke about his shower experience transfers well to French‚ as the ‘do not drop your soap in the prison shower’ gag is known in both cultures. Back home‚ Stewie offers his mom some grenades‚ quoting Forrest Gump’s ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!’. Unfortunately‚ the French adaptors did not take the exact quote from the movie: instead of saying ‘on ne sait jamais sur quoi on va tomber’

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    This is achieved by emphasizing the key ideas of flexivity‚ irony and parody. Here‚ flexivity can be described as the nortion of making the viewer aware that they are looking at something that is deconstructed which can take the form of irony‚ intertextuality or even parody. He gives examples of how post modernism has been used in real life with a close example referring to Kenneth Cole advert in the year 1992 which was

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    Canada ” to convey the theme of dehumanization of Aboriginal people in Canada‚ by depicting them as animals that are reliant on white people‚ while it may be a creative for king to express his arguments through‚ it’s an inappropriate to use humor‚ and parody depicting aboriginal people while knowing the treatment they have endured by European settlers‚ King ideas would have been presented more powerful than satire‚ because there would not be a need to depict the Aboriginal people as birds by their culture

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    Tucker and Dale Vs Evil What’s so scary about a stereotypical hillbilly? Is it the penchant for wearing flannel? The ridiculous teeth? Their banjos? None of it seems terrifying on paper‚ but an entire horror subgenre and classic films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance have been formed around these ridiculous characters. But what if the yokels aren’t the violent animals that they seem to be‚ but rather misunderstood simple folk that get caught up in a series of horrific

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