Intertextuality

where the bard is able to instill and perpetuate “magical thinking” continuously, like Foucault’s nodes of distributed power—but not as oppressive. It is through this magic that the text becomes unreliable, due to its multiplicitous nature of intertextuality, gaps, fantastical and residual editing—one cannot always see what’s in the “magic” hat regardless of their…

Can spirituality exist without divinity? Christianity in its various forms is the religion which ‘affected’ the most human civilization throughout its existence, and has been build upon a series of moral principles that are more or less original, but applicable to any society on the globe. Analyzing the book “Religion As Art Form” and especially the chapter “Changing Relationship: The Ultimate Reality” made me understand certain things and rethink retrospectively others and ask myself “Can…

literature, through close reading and textual analysis; 2. To understand that myths are, by their nature, mutable; 3. To recognize major themes of Homeric poems in later literary, dramatic, and artistic adaptations; 4, To appreciate allusions and intertextuality; 5. To see how different societies, Christian and non-Christian, react to the Odysseus character; and 6. To demonstrate proficiency in close reading, clear analytical writing, and critical…

In Western tradition, Socrates frequently employed a method of dialogue in argumentation, which allowed dramatic clash of juxtaposed points of view punctuated by the final word of a single person (interlocutor); and that mode of interaction came to acquire after him the name "Socratic dialogue". His disciple Plato further developed this many-voiced mode in writing, also known as Platonic dialogue; the master piece of which we have in the Republic, manifesting outstanding success of the mode. The…

Question 1 “House Husbands” and “Man Men” are two TV dramas set in vastly different times and have almost no ideas or issues, they are essentially two pieces of media that contradict each other. Where “Mad Men” represents its male characters (exclusive of Salvatore “Sal” Romero, who acts in accordance with the expectations of heterosexual men) as the breadwinners of a household, making all the money and most of the decisions in the family and women are the caretakers and caregivers. This is the…

Broad City and its Producerly Elements By Jalina Brown TA: Jesse Yang Menn Section: Friday, 10:35 Broad City, Comedy Central’s latest situation comedy, features two women in their twenties living and working in New York City. Although it is still a fairly new show, it has already gained a substantial fan base. These fans can be found on the show’s Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter feeds posting clips of the show, quoting their favorite characters, and submitting fan art. The producerliness of the…

Why study ‘old’ things, like Shakespeare? Why should we? The world we live in today bears very little resemblance to Shakespeare’s. *slide* Why? Because we are human and we seek to understand our world and experiences through stories – if this wasn’t a basic human need, then why have humans been telling stories since their earliest beginnings? Not every story remains relevant or popular for long though, only some do – those that make it into the illustrious Canon Club. What do those texts have…

2. How does medieval literature present the experience of romantic love? The romances of medieval literature are often very different from what a modern audience would expect from a ‘romance’ in the twenty first century. However, our modern conception of romance, and indeed ‘chivalry’, owe a lot to their medieval precursors. From the middle ages, the concept of courtly love, described by the Encyclopaedia Britannica as a “highly conventionalised code the prescribed the behaviour of ladies…

communities. In addition, people live in the society, they may have family, and the family is their primary discourse community. The schools, working groups, and academic fields can be other discourse communities they belong to. For instance, in “Intertextuality and the Discourse Community” James E. Porter agrees with what Swales says by claiming that “An individual may belong to several professional, public,or personal discourse communities” (400). For example, a person who teaches Physics…

A person who feels abandonment by a loved one eventually will begin to feel alone. Poet, Sylvia Plath was far too familiar with this feeling. In many of her writings, such as “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Plath wrote about her depressing feelings, especially towards her husband. In the story, she explains looking at the disgusting wallpaper and the feeling of being lonely. Towards the ending, it goes to explain her happiness began to develop through her children. Many of her writings include emotional…