Communitas

Robert Stepto’s From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative (1979) provides a thorough analysis of canonical texts across multiple generations of African-American literature, including, but not limited to, the works of: Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, and Richard Wright. His analysis, which serves as the foundation for scholars of African-American literature such as Lawrence Rodgers and Farah Jasmine Griffin, provides insight to the narratives of personal quests for freedom and…

“Sir Orfeo” is a mystifying poem which has caused many scholars to ponder its rich lore and elusive complications. One of these scholars, Seth Lerer, decided to take an untraditional route in order to solve the mystery of this magical and perplexing piece. Lerer argues that the poem makes a clear distinction between artistry and artifice, which is manifest in Orfeo’s kingdom and the fairy domain, respectively. He believes that the artifice of the fairyworld presents a guise which inspires…

complexity on my first attendance. Upon learning more about Buddhism and visiting a monastery I feel more open to religion and perspectives of life. This assignment related back to the culture through use of life totems, cosmos, rituals, core values, and communitas. I was better prepared to attend the monastery with an open mind after having class and learning more about other cultures…

to the Ten Commandments that are broken as the novel progresses. The reader can understand the breaking of the first commandment, ‘Thou shall have no other gods before me”, from the society’s devotion to the land they live on and their sense of communitas among each other since all their needs are provided for from these two sources. Moreover, the initial mentioning of the pillory provides a description resembling a cross stationed beside an unfinished church. This information manifests itself…

and social drama as part of her performativity to gain acceptance from the Jesus Christ she envisions. Margery performs her devoutness to Jesus Christ in a highly public way where she is with a keen eye for the effects of her actions from her communitas as that is her audience where she…

exceedingly far from those meanings (jpicklezg). The concept of selfies at funerals have evolved to become novel ways of expressing grief, but the values they incorporate belong to a structured, ostentatious class that no longer follows the “unstructured…communitas” in the liminal period (Turner 96). Mourning in death would now need to take into account the ‘encoding’ of social networks, which relies not on the qualities of an event, but of the user. Social…

Every election always has a theatrical element to them. Theater grabs the audience’s attentions and that attention can lead to a platform to preach their values, which very often turns to votes. But this election especially has been more theatrical that most, with theatrical elements, larger than life characters, and heightened emotions on both sides. This election has been a very wild ride to both watch and participate in for my very first election. I believe that in part this is due to the…

A community that I was part of for a long time and has affected my life in many ways was my high school. I went to a private catholic high school in a small town. My school was half local students and half international students from various places all around the world. Going to school there helped me to learn a lot about so many different cultures while creating our own community within the school. My school gave all the students a great sense of belonging. There were not many students at my…

During a recent experimental production by Annie Dorsen, the sole actor was equipped with small in-ear-monitors that allowed dialogue and cues to be fed to the actor by a computer in real-time (A Piece of Work). Technology of this sort might help accommodate performances by individuals with serious memory issues, allowing them to deliver lines, recover from dropped lines, or know when they are to enter and exit the stage. Alternatively, digital projections of dialogue and stage directions could…

The Good and Evil in Our Life People can identity the difference between good and evil based on their nature. According to Samuel Johnson, education gives us the power to discern or see the good from the bad, and to “prefer” the good. We can see that a good person would volunteer with nonprofit organizations, donate money to charity, stand up for others, and help people without expectations. While an evil person would murder people for their possessions, hurt people, tell lies, take…