Formalism

As argued by Judge Richard A. Posner, strict constructionism, or what he refers to as “legal formalism” adheres to principles of the law that are “too narrow” (O’Brien 204). Judge Posner further argues that in legal formalism, the text of the law is meant “to decide whether the right exists,” as they are written in the Constitution (O’Brien 204). By that account, although strict constructionism only reads the…

liberalism’s penultimate way of expressing “individual achievement of liberty through ethical education and civilization.” (Lowe 46) Lowe argues that “liberal genres, like the autobiography, reiterate a colonial division of humanity through this formalism of affirmation and forgetting, however much race is the remainder that continues to mark the limits of freedom for the subject of colonial slavery” (70) Equiano’s autobiography may detail his transitions from slavery to freedom, but this…

In this paper, the author has explained how mathematics can be taught to software engineering students. It is important for software engineering student to know mathematical foundation and techniques to solve problems. Mainly the foundation contained logic and discrete mathematics and techniques that author explained are specification and reasoning. The specification is a process in which informally given concepts are transformed into mathematical model and theory. The reasoning is the process…

Defamiliarization in Mohsen Namjoo: A Marcusian Study of “Reza Khan” Estrangement: a short overview Mikics defines defamiliarization (estrangement) and as an example he cites Fredric Jameson, which is his accounts of Studying Gulliver’s Travels. It states: Defamiliarization in Russian, ostranenie: a term from the Russian formalist school of criticism, active in the early twentieth century. […] According to the Russian formalists, literary art devotes itself to the making strange (the…

Casa das Canoas, is a wonderful product of Niemeyer's experience, promotes freedom, modernism, and indulgence in all its aspect. The representation of the building is provided by big concrete slabs, and a hiding away for a little floor. The curved shapes of the hill which match its curvilinear roof slabs and the rich forest that surrounds the house. Its roof is braced on thin steel pillars, this way it will not need the walls to supported it. The feeling of complete freedom is achieved on the…

Jessica Berman (2009) makes the prescient observation that “modernism seems at the heart of the new comparative literature in a way not seen since the final chapter of Erich Auerbach’s foundational text, Mimesis? Why?” (55). While she uses the term “new comparative literature,” she could have easily been asking why modernism plays such a vital role in “new world literature.” Her answer as to why these texts employ modernism is that they do so because it is viewed as a universalizing /…

includes a vast domain of unsolved issues and conceptions in development. Well-intended definitions, as suggested by classic positions within the philosophy of mathematics – where logicism describes mathematics as a further development of logic; formalism describes it as a formal game governed by explicitly stated rules; and intuitionism describes mathematics as a particular mental process – might simply be concealing the fact that there are no unifying characteristics of mathematics to be…

judicial reasoning in this case, examines the law rather than beliefs, as Justice Keith M. Boswell purely made his decision on what the law entails rather than using morals in determining whether the ban should be uplifted or not. This represents legal formalism, as the courts purely interpret the law through what has been passed down through legislature, and use precedents to formulate an impartial decision. However, the vague wording of the charter gives more interpretation to the judges.…

For Part 3 of the Midterm exam, the objective at hand is to compare and contrast the portrayal of World War 2 in The movies “The Fall of Berlin and “Ivan’s Childhood”. The essay will begin with a brief comparison followed by how they are different representations of the war. Examples from the films as well as technical components in the films will be talked about to back up the information being presented. First off, the first comparison the two films have is the portrayal of World War Two.…

discussion of Watson’s presence throughout the narrative, encounters between Holmes and Professor Moriarty and Holmes’s conclusion in solving this narratives’ problem. Concepts that will be used include ideas related to Russian Formalism, and Structuralism. With Russian Formalism, motivation is a key concept that will be discussed. Then, with Structuralism, aside from the basic units of the narrative such as functions and indices, order and duration are thoroughly analyzed. The speaker of this…