Monthly Archives for October 2013
Apologies for absence, I seem to have come down with heteroglossia.
Bakhtin’s Discourse in the Novel has been an interesting read, and has highlighted some aspects of the discourse we use in everyday life that I had not previously considered. I suppose I have already ‘unconsciously’ illustrated Žižek’s philosophy in accepting everything so unquestioningly! Bakhtin’s notion of the hybrid nature of language; its intertextuality and the … Continue reading Continue reading
Apologies for absence, I seem to have come down with heteroglossia.
Bakhtin’s Discourse in the Novel has been an interesting read, and has highlighted some aspects of the discourse we use in everyday life that I had not previously considered. I suppose I have already ‘unconsciously’ illustrated Žižek’s philosophy in accepting everything so unquestioningly! Bakhtin’s notion of the hybrid nature of language; its intertextuality and the … Continue reading Continue reading
Bakhtin’s “Discourse in the Novel”
In “discourse in the novel”, Bakhtin attempts to redefine the meaning and purpose of the novel by discussing the non-unitary …
Žižek, Fantasy, Reality, and Politics Today
As someone who has always found the link between literature and politics fascinating, I really enjoyed the variety in this week’s readings and after completing them I find myself thinking the most about the arguments Žižek puts forward in his … Continue reading Continue reading
Žižek, Fantasy, Reality, and Politics Today
As someone who has always found the link between literature and politics fascinating, I really enjoyed the variety in this week’s readings and after completing them I find myself thinking the most about the arguments Žižek puts forward in his … Continue reading Continue reading
Re-reading Marx
Reading Marx’s theory this week, is actually a re-reading for me. In China, every single middle school and high school student is obligated to take a course that can be called “Political Science” where we learn Marxism and we have to memorize a lot of the concepts and the theory for the exams. And if […] Continue reading
Re-reading Marx
Reading Marx’s theory this week, is actually a re-reading for me. In China, every single middle school and high school student is obligated to take a course that can be called “Political Science” where we learn Marxism and we have to memorize a lot of the concepts and the theory for the exams. And if […]
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Advises for a young writer by Lin Yutang and Mijail Bajtín
In The importance of living (1937) Lin Yutang (1895-1976) tried to approach Chinese culture and traditions to North American readers, at those times when internet did not answer every single cultural question that humanity has. Yutang, who lived in Europe … Continue reading Continue reading
Advises for a young writer by Lin Yutang and Mijail Bajtín
In The importance of living (1937) Lin Yutang (1895-1976) tried to approach Chinese culture and traditions to North American readers, at those times when internet did not answer every single cultural question that humanity has. Yutang, who lived in Europe … Continue reading Continue reading
