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Evaluating multimodal projects
Please contribute to our developing guidelines for assessing multimodal projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xs2fL_gg1rNHW9sCbP8m7FgYzXZmAPkCQL8QwYlZ1dc/edit?usp=sharing
Sympathy (Glossary)
Sympathy According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, Sympathy is defined as “feeling pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune”. Other definitions of the word sympathy include: “an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other”. Another definition of sympathy is “an inclination to feel or […]
Post-humanism & Antihumanism
Jharol F. Aguirre May 8th, 2018 Glossary Entry . Posthumanism in relation to “Frankenstein” As defined by the Merriam dictionary and Wikipedia, posthumanism has many different definitions but the one that’s used the most associates posthumanism with anti-humanism. This joined definition is the opposition or rejection of the beliefs, principles, and assumptions of humanism. […]
Gothic
Jharol F. Aguirre May 8th, 2018 Glossary Entry Gothic in relation to “Christabel” As defined by the Merriam dictionary, the word gothic is a style of architecture that is prevalent in Western Europe. But it can also be defined as the state of Europe during the dark ages (19th century), the whole continent felt gloomy […]
Darwinian
The Merriam Webster definition of Darwinian, is a noun describing a competitive environment or situation in which only the fittest persons or organizations prosper (1). An example of the word used in a sentence, “The competition of among manufacturers is very Darwinian” (1). This concept comes from the scientist Charles Darwin himself. His popular evolutionary […]
Memoirs of a Clone
Never Let Me Go & Autobiographical Memoirs Much of the novel is narrated from Kathy and the timeline is often non-linear. The novel is broken into three parts, and the three parts closely align with Kathy’s three stages of life. Kathy is quite good at being a carer, but her work is extremely difficult and […]
The uncanny- Oryx & Crake
Sigmund Freud was published late 20th century.The uncanny” refers to something fearful and frightening, but has been neglected in the history of aesthetics. The uncanny is the subject of aesthetics and has to do with a certain kind of feeling or sensation involving emotional impulses. Freud’s example to this definition was a mannequin. One example […]
Imagery & oryx & crake
Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. There are also visual symbolism, “Film’s religious imagery” 2. Visual images collectively. Imagery is associated with mental pictures, but is actually more complex than pictures. Even if we read the word “Shout,” and though that is a verbal act, we still imagine someone […]
Allusion
Allusions are used to engage the reader and also provoke a message to run through the reader’s head to make the connection. Allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a person place or event. Using allusions convey long statements into short ones. 1: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature a poem […]
5/1 notes
narrative structure: jumps back and forth in time, similar to oryx and crake but less stream-of-consciousness secrecy creativity: why do human pigoons need to be creative what’s going on with Madame? are they afraid of her? why does she take their art? pp. 33-35: fear for its own sake, or fear triggered by guilt? is […]
