What do you think is Ogai Mori’s perspective of Japan and its relationship with the West at this time, and what aspects of the story have given you these ideas? I think that Ogai Mori is trying to show the conflict between the beliefs of the west, which is shown as tends to be more […]
11th Grade English
English ELP Post
What is suggested about the role of literature and fiction in her representation of her own reality? and about her self-conscious treatment of the intertextual references? The intertextual references are there to better explain certain things and so that the audience can better understand the circumstances of the event/situation. The references also show the similarities […]
400-500 word reflection on Cosi Fan Tutte
Cosi Fan tutte is a very interesting play with unique ideas, characters and environment itself. Cosi Fan tutte is interesting because in the play itself, it has the idea of making a play which is around love and social relationships which is juxtaposed with the background of war and in the play it is used […]
ELP paper 2 question response.
“Powerful drama is as much about visual spectacle as about dialogue.” In what ways does Nowra make powerful use of the visual elements of his play ‘Cosi’? Nowra uses stage direction to show tense moments or moments of suspense. There are many examples of stage direction, an example of this would be act 1 […]
Links associated with OCD and Bechdel’s Fun home
“These two articles tie in really well with the OCD discussed in Bechdel’s Fun Home and the boundaries surrounding the misrepresentations of mental disorders in the media and in literature.” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/ocd-is-a-disorder-not-a-quirk/385562/ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ocd-tv-show-big-bang-theory-glee-mental-sheldon-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-a8354611.html Gianina FLEGUERAS
Highlights of the class comments on humor, comic, and irony
Even though, Allison’s exploration of her sexuality of being a lesbian juxtaposes with her father’s homosexuality, Bechdel uses dark, sarcastic humour to represent how her openness to her sexuality has been overshadowed and upstaged by her father who falls into the trap of repression. – Sinuan PHOEUNG Just when Alison feels as though she is […]
What makes the artistic/literary representation of people (or places and cultures) – and their various social identities – so complex?
Literacy can often be complex as there are many factors which are involved which influence the writer and the message they are trying to convey. The biggest influence would most likely be the time period in which this book/literacy was written as the social climate could have persuaded the writer to think much more differently […]