Discuss the significance of irony and humour to Postmodern practice Irony and humour is used in many post-modern artworks to reflect upon the issue it is addressing. The integration of irony and humour often signifies the artist’s reaction to the modernising world. In Ursus Wehrli’s best-seller, ‘Tidying Up Art’, he has attempted to bring order and structure to many famous artworks. For example, in his rendition of Van Gogh’s artwork ‘Bedroom’, Wehrli has decided to clean up the mess in the room and transform it into a tidy space. This idea was brought to life through his own experiences of immaculate hotel room service and his wonder as to how Van Gogh’s cluttered ‘Bedroom’ would look like if it too, had undergone the room service present today.
Citing Watchmen as the point where the comic book medium "came of age", Iain Thomson wrote in his essay "Deconstructing the Hero" that the story accomplished this by "developing its heroes precisely in order to deconstruct the very idea of the hero and so encouraging us to reflect upon its significance from the many different angles of the shards left lying on the ground". [38] Thomson stated that the heroes in Watchmen almost all share a nihilistic outlook, and that Moore presents this outlook "as the simple, unvarnished truth" to "deconstruct the would-be hero's ultimate motivation, namely, to provide a secular salvation and so attain a mortal immortality". [39] He wrote that the story "develops its heroes precisely in order to ask us if we would not in fact be better off without heroes". [40] Thomson added that the story's deconstruction of the hero concept "suggests that perhaps the time for heroes has passed", which he feels distinguishes "this postmodern work" from the deconstructions of the hero in the existentialism movement. [41] Richard Reynolds states that without any supervillains in the story, the superheroes of Watchmen are forced to confront "more intangible social and moral concerns", adding that this removes the superhero concept from the normal narrative expectations of the genre.
Critical Analysis of "Bring Back Flogging?" (ENGL 015S) - Xuan Zhou Sign In Xuan Zhou Home Blog Educational Experience Professional Experience Contact Critical Analysis of "Bring Back Flogging?" (ENGL 015S) By XUAN ZHOU on September 9, 2010 6:58 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks SEARCH THIS BLOG Full Text Search Tag In his article, "Bring Back Flogging," columnist Jeff Jacoby tries to tell us about the deficiency of today's criminal justice system and to persuade us to bring back flogging as a punishment for certain crimes. His title clearly and directly states his thesis. Techniques such as evidence and assumptions are used in this essay to persuade readers.
Often to amateur writers, the process of writing seems like a chore; a mountain of words to sieve through before they can create a comprehensible wall of text. Lamott uses witty lines and anecdotes from famous writers to show that everyone faces the same problem and provides a simple enough solution. In my mind at least, this short piece has enabled me to look at essays in a different manner. That it’s alright to make mistakes and your first draft can be like throwing poop at a blank canvas; you can always clean it up later. In persuading her readers, Lamott uses ethos, logos and pathos to great effect.
Dangerous Ideas through time book: Texts can be valued independently but are more stimulating through comparison as we appreciate the complex influences of context and form. Highlight the benefits of correlating info from two unrelated texts. Demonstrate how a contemporary text (Blade Runner) reiterates the concepts inherent in classic text (Frankenstein), and how context and form influences their meaning. Determined by different social, economic and historical contexts, authors explore and address similar concerns of society. Mary Shelley’s prose fiction novel, Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film, Blade Runner 1982), view the change in value of the pursuit of knowledge that leads to the moral ramifications of the creators Victor and Tyrell.
“The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” Taneishia Shaw Strayer University Donald Murray’s view on revision in “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Transcripts,” shows support for writers detaching themselves from their pages, the components writers examine in a writer’s work, and the function of the Makers Eye. Murray’s observation is accurate as it applies to me in many ways. Roald Dahl says, “You have to learn to read critically but constructively because good writing is essentially rewriting” (as cited in Murray, 1973, p. 9). No one said it better than Donald Murray, “Writers must learn to be their worst enemy. They must accept the criticism of others and be suspicious of it; they must accept the praise of others and be more suspicious of it.” (Murray, 1973, p. 4)Most writers are overly critical about their own writing, so it is difficult for a writer to critique his/her own work.
In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the author implicates the importance of education. He uses symbolism to show the reader how shallow technology is, and what the effects of governmental power can do to a society with no ideas to contradict it. Education, and the wisdom gained from it, is the base of the very society we live in today. Since the beginning of time we have slowly advanced our ideas and evolved to our present world now through innovation. This novel tells a story of a time where books will be burned and be replaced by television.
Intro to Ceramics Written Response Number Two: Mitchell Grafton The artist I have chosen to review is named Mitchell Grafton. He is a contemporary artists that specializes in one-of-a-kind sculptures. What drew me specifically to him was exquisite uniqueness that he has to offer in each of his fine sculptures. They each tend to be flashy, dramatic, and extremely three dimensional, begging to be viewed from all angles. They each also look to me like imaginary scenes from a book, and the emotions portrayed on each of the faces are so dramatized as to invoke questions about the cause of their intense feelings and motives.
In Ray Bradbury’s short story “Embroidery”, we see a semi futuristic setting with events that take place only in one house. The author takes great care to use many of the literary devices available to him. The major utilized in this short story is symbolism, along with foreshadowing and irony. These literary devices are combined to make a social commentary that discusses the idea that technology can be both the savior and the potential destruction of mankind, and that even if not directly responsible for any event, all of society is to blame when things turn out badly. Starting with symbolism, we are introduced to a major concept in this story from early on, starting in line 6 with the main characters, “Each woman looked to her own hands, as if suddenly she had found her heart beating there.” From this point on, the author intentionally gives us various examples to illustrate the idea that a person’s soul is not merely their ‘center’ or mind; it is where the person feels or uses that fragment of themselves, in this case the women’s hands.
This hand-sculpting, so seemingly simple, yet profoundly difficult to do well, is thought to impart the feeling of the potter directly to the tea-drinker's hand. ("History of Raku" n.d.) I found a blog post talking about the feel of these types of handmade pieces. The blogger states, “Tebineri pieces feel amazing in hand, and due to the pinch work nature, they tend to be a bit more unique and different than typical handmade pottery pieces. I know all