1.2 The major literary works of Susan Sontag In Sontag’s life‚ she totally wrote four novels‚ they are "The Benefactor” (1963)‚ “Death Tool"(1967)‚"The Volcano Lover"(1992) and "In the United States" (2000);besides‚ there is one short stories “I ‚ etcetera" and a few scripts. Then she also published eight other works‚ among these works ‚ the famous works are "Against Interpretation" (1966)‚ "The Radical Form of Will" (1969)‚ "On Photography" (1977)‚ "The Disease Metaphor" (1988)‚ "The point" (2001)
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sentence like: “Even the mom and pop photographers”‚ and further emphasizing by generalizing his own opinion and applying his own theory to the whole world by stating: “world would be a better place if all of the image makers in this county read a little Sontag”‚ illustrating clearly that he based his description on this own opinion
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Susan Sontag’s essay on the subject of beauty‚ particularly in relation to women‚ is a strong and moving piece that also greases the old gearbox and gets the brain going. It takes a strong hard look at how the concept of beauty has been shaped through the ages‚ from the time of the great Greek civilization to the modern era. The analysis that is put forth that women can never preen just for pleasure is exemplified in so many innumerable ways in modern culture that it is indeed something to despair
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idea that photography brings the world closer together‚ yet seems so distant as if it were all but an illusion. Sontag starts off her text by asserting that humans are still in Plato’s cave. She argues that humans become obsessed with power and knowledge‚ through photography one controls the mechanism of dominion‚ by exerting our experience and thoughts
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Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry” [original version] is an exquisite piece of work. All the unusual elements that make up the poem including: the meter‚ rhymes‚ arrangement on the page and subject of the poem tie together seamlessly to explain Moore’s idea on the art of poetry. The five verse poem functions like a tradition essay; including a thesis‚ supporting evidence‚ and a conclusion. Although it can read like an essay the arrangement on the page grabs your attention and helps argue the thesis
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Triumph of the Will‚ has been perceived as one of the most remarkable works of art in film history. It is a documentary produced by Leni Riefenstahl‚ a renowned film maker‚ who “has remained the focus of critical attention since the 1930’s” (Sontag‚ 1976p. 31). Triumph of the Will‚ is a documentary created to follow Hitler and his supporters through the Nazi Nuremberg Rally of the 1930’s. In the study of Holocaust and films‚ it is crucial to uncover hidden messages portrayed through films by analyzing
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Rebecca Steele January 14‚ 2013 Poem Analysis Analysis of “Poetry” by Marianne Moore In the poem‚ Moore dissects the meaning and understanding of poetry. She tries to make a point of the importance and usefulness of poetry to a person. There is the mention that most people do not take the time to appreciate something of they do not understand it. From research on this poet I have discovered that she has a unique writing style that she is referencing in the poem. There are a few images in her
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In Marianne Moore’s poem‚ “Poetry”‚ the author tells the events of developing and learning that poetry is truly something very special. This is evident from the selection of words in this piece of writing‚ which include contempt‚ discovers‚ and genuine. They occur in the poem in this order‚ which the author does for a reason. The author does this to show that through the duration of the story‚ the author changes and grows to see the greatness in poetry. At the beginning‚ the author does not like
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Cultural Literacy According to E.D. Hirsch According to E.D. Hirsch‚ to be culturally literate is to possess the basic information to thrive in the modern world. It is the "grasp on the background information that writers and speakers assume their audience already has." In his book‚ Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know‚ Hirsch sets forth 5‚000 essential words and phrases of which each person should be knowledgeable. The list ranges from idioms to mythology‚ from science to fairy
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Marianne Craig Moore was born on November 15‚ 1887 in Kirkwood‚ Missouri. She was the second child of Mary Warner and her father John Milton Moore‚ a construction worker and inventor. After a failed inventions attempt her father had a nervous mental breakdown and was sent to the hospital. She never met her father because he left before she was born. She was raised in her grandfather’s household. Her grandfather was a Presbyterian pastor and after his death her family had to move to Carlisle‚ Pennsylvania
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