Monthly Archives for September 2012
Bakhtin: It’s all about dialogue
Language is constructed through form and content however, according to Bakhtin it is a mistake to study the two of them separately because it leaves behind the social, political an philosophical baggage that language invariably carries. Furthermore, language cannot be understood only as a centralized set of rules that serve as norm for everybody, the […]
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Art as Technique–one essential argument of Formalism
Shklovsky, one of the founders of the Formalist study group, believes the nature of literature is their form, which comprises all literary devices and techniques, artistic materials and defamilization of forms are the essential characteristics of literature. Influenced by new … Continue reading → Continue reading
texts
Those course texts that are not in the Ryan and Rivkin anthology will be available at this link.
Impressions on Toine by Guy de Maupassant
The short story Toine by Guy de Maupassant presents the narrative of a man whose sudden medical condition turns into an opportunity to become a father. I will first discuss themes of the story then the writing style . Toine … Continue reading → Continue reading
The Uncanny in Guy de Maupassant’s Toine
Karen O’Regan The Uncanny in Guy de Maupassant’s Toine In Toine, Guy de Maupassant’s realistic style evokes the familiar images of peasant life only to subvert reality with the uncanny predicament of a paralyzed innkeeper forced to hatch eggs. Initially, … Continue reading → Continue reading
New Blog
hello my name is Esmeralda Robles and I am testing out my new blog ???? Continue reading
New Blog
hello my name is Esmeralda Robles and I am testing out my new blog ???? Continue reading
Toine: Staying on Top
FHIS 501 Toine: Staying on Top Sometimes it is difficult to determine what is good and/or what is bad. The difficulty lies, perhaps, in the subjective experience or learned values of he or she who gazes at a situation to be contemplated. Determining then whether something is good or bad may be irrelevant because of … Continue reading » Continue reading
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Guy de Maupassant’s “Toine” is (much like “The Little Cask”) something of a parable of economic theory. Toine, the eponymous innkeeper, is the very model of productive consumption. He is the biggest fan of his own product: the cognac that he calls “ext… Continue reading
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Guy de Maupassant’s “Toine” is (much like “The Little Cask”) something of a parable of economic theory. Toine, the eponymous innkeeper, is the very model of productive consumption. He is the biggest fan of his own product: the cognac that he calls “ext… Continue reading
