Roland Barthes

Society’s Alienation of the Monster As stated by Roland Barthes, “There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.” No matter what time period you’re in, society will always choose someone or something to alienate based on what they do or what they look like. In the novel Frankenstein, it was the monster that was alienated, because he was different than everyone else. The Monster in Frankenstein suffered through constant alienation from society…

The works consist of famous Walker Evans photographs, rephotographed by Levine out of an Evans exhibition catalog, and then presented as Levine's artwork with no further manipulation of the images. The Evans photographs—made famous by his book project Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, with writings by James Agee—are widely considered to be the quintessential photographic record of the rural American poor during the great depression. By appropriating these images, Levine can be said to be raising…

Extended Essay English Language and Literature “To what extent did The Velvet Underground & Nico's 'Banana album' relate the social, political and cultural landscape of its time and how?” Arthur Vandervoort: (Candidate Number) Supervisor: Jonathan Jones Session: May 2015 Word Count: Citation Style: Chicago Abstract: Table of Contents Page 1 Title Page 2 Abstract 3 Table of Contents 4 Introduction 5 “Not since the Titanic ran into that iceberg has there been such a collision as…