Through a close examination of the Apocalypsis goliae episcopi ("The revelation of bishop Goliath"), this essay explores the limitations of human cognition in recording visionary experience. Scholars ...frequently look to visionary texts for imaginative reflections on the written conditions of memory and identity that characterize the fundamentally bookish cultures of the late Middle Ages. The Apocalypsis obsessively describes acts of inscription, announcing throughout its narrative an interest in the complex relationships that emerge between and among books, texts, authors, and readers. Turning on a provocative memorial metaphor--when the dreamer's angelic guide inscribes a record of the vision onto the physical matter of the dreamer's brain--the poem both performs and discloses a bifurcation central to all reading experience. At once parodic and sincere, the Apocalypsis suggests that the experience it describes, as with all visionary experience, is constituted by someone other than the dreamer of the dream.
Persius refers to Romans with names drawn from the Roman past, namely Polydamas et Troiades, Titos, Romulidae, and Romule. The names are chosen due to their multi-layered semantics and allusions that ...result into irony and generate paradoxes that make up the satire. This paper aims to highlight the employment of these designators as a case study in literary onomastics in Roman satire. It comments on the function of the names in their context with a focus on the treatment of the Roman past through them; then it analyses the emerging patterns as additional aspects of Persius’ style and critique. KEYWORDS: Persius’ satires, Romans, aristocracy, effeminacy, onomastics irony.
¿Es posible distinguir en la narrativa chilena joven de los últimos años, representaciones de las problemáticas que motivaron el estallido social chileno, así como los discursos, actores sociales y ...demandas particulares que emergen y que las élites no fueron capaces de prever? Este trabajo propone una respuesta —todavía provisoria, tentativa— a dicha interrogante. Indagamos en tres relatos de una autora de última generación de narradoras chilenas, Arelis Uribe (1987), las huellas, marcas o interferencias del malestar que produce el estallido popular, asociadas, todas ellas, a distintas formas de violencia estructral del neoliberalismo (Galtung, 2016). Para ello, ingresamos desde la teoría de la interseccionalidad (Crenshaw, 2012), a fin de recorrer el amplio espectro de dominaciones y opresiones que atraviesan nuestra convivencia nacional.
The boundaries between news and entertainment, and between public affairs and pop culture, have become difficult if not impossible to discern. At the intersection of those borders sits The Daily Show ...with Jon Stewart, a hybrid blend of comedy, news, and political conversation that is difficult to pigeon hole. Although the program often is dismissed as being "fake" news, its significance for political communication may run much deeper. This study first locates The Daily Show within an emerging media environment defined by the forces of technological multiplication, economic consolidation, and discursive integration, a landscape in which "real" news is becoming increasingly harder to identify or define. It then offers an interpretive reading of the program that understands the show not as "fake news," but as an experiment in journalism. It argues that the show uses techniques drawn from genres of news, comedy, and television talk to revive a journalism of critical inquiry and advance a model of deliberative democracy. Given the increasing popularity of the program, this essay concludes that The Daily Show has much to teach us about the possibilities of political journalism in the 21st century.
Paralelamente a las representaciones de los medios de comunicación, los memes se han constituido en un instrumento poderoso de los usuarios en internet para transmitir opiniones y expresar emociones ...sobre la guerra. Esto ha dado lugar a un fenómeno comunicativo impensado: hablar sobre este hecho con humor, a pesar de los miles de muertos y millones de desplazados. Dado su carácter persuasivo y difusión exponencial, los memes aportan a la creación de la opinión pública y la realidad social. Por esa razón, este estudio pretende descifrar y describir los significados que predominan en los memes más populares sobre este acontecimiento e identificar su intención emocional o cognitiva, la retórica y el estilo del humor que emplean, su finalidad y, en el caso de los memes considerados perjudiciales o dañinos, sus objetivos y público al que apunta el daño. A partir de un análisis retórico y de contenido aplicado a los 10 memes más populares en Twitter se encontró que estos tienen una alta carga moral: señalan los errores de otros. Las críticas están dirigidas a América Latina, a Putin, a los medios de comunicación occidentales y la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN). La emoción y la intención predominantes son el miedo y la crítica social. El carácter intertextual de los memes implica tres grados de dependencia semántica. Estos resultados dan cuenta de que detrás de su humor aparentemente inofensivo se permean ideologías, perspectivas y críticas sociales que encuentran apoyo en la red.
Responding to Charlie Hebdo Mackay, Jenn Burleson; Horning, Michael A
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This paper utilizes survey methodology to explore the ethical perspectives of political cartoonists following the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Ethics positions theory is considered. Participants tended ...to be either situationists, absolutists, or exceptionists. Political ideology was associated with relativism scores. Findings showed that most of the participants (74 percent) reported that they drew a cartoon in response to the shootings. Participants expressed feelings of anger and sadness following the shootings. They reported that they drew cartoons illustrating free speech, cartoonists, pencils and pens, or violence following the shootings.
For a politician who was often described as lacking charisma, Angela Merkel, during her tenure as German chancellor, emerged as a social media icon and a popular subject on the small screen. This ...article looks at a cross-section of visual representations and iterations of Merkel through various modes of intertextuality: social media, novels, and made-for-TV-movies. However, the primary analysis will remain on a series of made-for-TV-movies released in Germany in the mid-2010s. These satires provide an interesting case study both in the presentation of the politician as celebrity, as well as the tension between feminism and post-feminism readings.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Analysis of the writings by Stanisław Stroński critical about authoritarian government in Poland under Piłsudski’s rule. Indicating its strong and weak points on the basis of ...specific examples. Confrontation of the authoritarian government criticism with the available literature. Critical evaluation of publicist accusations. RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: What elements of authoritarian government criticism did Stroński emphasize? Which of them are of temporary (limited to the current era), and which of universal character? Comparison of publicist arguments of both sides of political debate. Confrontation of the formed accusations with relevant literature and available historical sources. Formulating conclusions based on critical analysis of the sources. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Analysis of internal and external policy of the contemporary government based on monographic works, autobiographies, diaries of politicians mentioned by the Author; and historical sources e.g.: Protokoły posiedzeń Rady Ministrów, Dzienniki czynności prezydenta etc. Specification and evaluation of critical remarks validity (confirmation or rejection) – according to the source criticism art. RESEARCH RESULTS: The areas of authoritarian government criticism include those referring to particular historical era (e.g. seizing power by coup d’état ) and some presumably universal elements indicating quasi authoritarian governing model CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND INNOVATIONS: The principal recommendation is pointing at Stanisław Stroński writings – the significant historical source, rarely used by political scientists in scientific discourse.
L'article décompose la condition sonore des marins-pêcheurs bretons, analysée à partir de l'ethnographie et d'entretiens produits durant le terrain de thèse. En regard des bruits de moteur constants ...qui les abasourdissent, d'un paysage sonore multiple qui les affecte, des inflexions et des échos de naufrages qui les alertent jusqu'au milieu du sommeil, les marins-pêcheurs sont paradoxalement perçus comme de grands silencieux. Il s'agit de déconstruire cette caricature de mutisme viril dans ce long « printemps bruyant » qui semble caractériser de plus en plus le large. Comment nous renseigne le paysage sonore du marin-pêcheur sur sa condition sociale ? L'article invite à produire une sociologie attentive aux résistances chuchotantes qui s'incarnent dans la polyphonie d'un milieu naturel et professionnel dit « hostile ».
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