How might a literary work be read out of its time and place and still represent and produce culturally significant ideas and attitudes? Refer to two texts you have studied.…
'Complex ideas about culture are communicated through the specific detail of construction of a literary text. Discuss with reference to one or more works you have studied.'…
Whenever people mention or think of the history of nursing or nursing education many instantly think of Florence Nightingale or Clara Barton. Granted, Florence deserves credit for the advancements she made in nursing, but nursing goes back further than Florence Nightingale. One nurse, that little is known about is James Derham. James was born into slavery in approximately 1762, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James was known to be owned by three different individuals, all of whom were doctors, one in Philadelphia, a British army surgeon, and a New Orleans physician (Hansen, A. 2002). In the 18th century it was common for nursing education to be obtained through an apprenticeship, which is exactly how Derham…
If the reader is given full authority on the meaning of a work, then their interpretation of the work will take precedent over the facts and contexts that surround the work. In addition, when meaning is completely shifted to the reader, then the meaning of a work becomes too fluid. The meaning of the work changes from reader to reader. As a result, there is no longer an avenue for the meaning of the work to be questioned or examined. These examples show the implications of exclusively committing to either authorial intent or reader-response.…
“We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.” This statement by Joseph Pearce reveals individuals inclination to conform to society’s expectations and standards, thus making us all products of our environment to some extent. Good afternoon HSC students. As we are all aware, module c: Texts and society, requires you to explore and analyse texts in order to determine how they represent the core values of the society in which they are created from.…
The world of the director, the world of the text and the world of the reader combine together to help provide meaning when we read or view texts. To develop an ‘interpretation’ we need to understand these three elements.…
This statement means that all the themes and struggles in literature, when broken down to…
|in relation to the texts from points of view such as gender, class, and culture, by examining what is included in the text and|…
1B). Derrida had a major influence on literary critics, particularly in American universities and especially on those of the "Yale school," including Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, and J. Hillis Miller. These deconstructionists, along with Derrida, dominated the field of literary criticism in the 1970s and early 1980s. Influential in other fields as well, the philosophy and methodology of deconstruction was subsequently expanded to apply to a variety of arts and social sciences including such disciplines as linguistics, anthropology, and political science. contended that Western metaphysics (e.g., the work of Saussure, whose theories he rejected) had judged writing to be inferior to speech, not comprehending that the features of writing that supposedly render it inferior to speech are actually essential features of both. He argued that language only refers to other language, thereby negating the idea of a single, valid "meaning" of a text as intended by the author. Rather, the author's intentions subverted by the free play of language, giving rise…
READER, CULTURE, and TEXT: If you select one of the questions below I am asking you to consider that a text’s meaning is determined by the reader and by the cultural context. The interpretation of a text is dependent on various factors including:…
Cited: "Deconstruction." Benet 's Reader 's Encyclopedia (1996): 259. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 24 Mar. 2013.…
Derrida analyzes the structure of language by using the notion of a stabilizing ‘center ' which controls it by ‘balancing and organizing’ it. Derrida again, tries to implicitly explain this…
that the center alone contains the meaning of the novel. On the contrary, the meaning of the novel is brought about by the relation between the different stories at the center and the frames around it.…
‘Significant texts in any genre arise from specific social and cultural conditions, and while they possess an enduring relevance, they are never completely original’…
When I address the cultural context of a text I refer to the worlds of the texts, the circumstances which face the plots and the characters of the texts. Some elements of the cultural context of each and every text are the world’s attitudes, social rituals, and structures. Coming to grips with the general norm of the society with in each texts and how the characters behave enables me to enjoy each text all the more. Understanding the world in which each text is set in and thus being able to compare the aspects of their society and what is involved in their material and spiritual lives ostentatiously influences the resolution of the narratives which gave a better impact and added to my enjoyment.…