and 80s saw a prevalence of horror films within mainstream media; rendering the genre a target for scrutiny. In this essay I will discuss representations of gender in Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror‚ ’The Shining’ (1980) and Wes Craven’s thriller‚ ‘Scream’ (1996). Both The Shining and Scream are deemed
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NOTES ON TRANSLATION CRITICISM sources: House ‘Quality’‚ House Model‚ Newmark Textbook A criticism of a translation is different from a review of a translation. Review = comment on new translations‚ description and evaluation as to whether they are worth reading and buying Criticism = a broader activity‚ analysis in detail‚ evaluating old and new translations ‚ assuming that readers know the translation Translation criticism should take into account all the factors and elements in the process
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NAME: SAMUEL OLATUNDE ADEFOWOKAN COURSE: READING 096 SECTION: SEC 096 TOPIC: MY SHINING MOMENT (WON A SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP) DATE: 17 NOVEMBER‚ 2014 My shining moment was one of the most memorable days of my life when I helped my team to win the Inter-school Soccer Championship. It was also an awesome day for my school. Many dignitaries such as the Mayor came because it was such a big event in the county. The atmosphere was great; the crowd was wild‚ cheering‚ whistling‚ blowing trumpets‚ and
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fundamentally some portion of a book recording called Blood and Smoke‚ yet later it turns out to be a piece of accumulation Everything’s Eventual. 1408 is not as fruitful as the novel The Shining which later embraced into a motion picture ‚yet It has its one of a kind softness and cheerful repulsiveness contrasting with The Shining which was essentially mental loathsomeness ‚Stephen King made an incredible progress in both stories which made him a well known Hollywood screenwriter when it come to thrillers
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KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR I hate it so much when I think of him And there’s no way for me to be with him I want him like crazy and the feeling eats me alive Things seem to rush in a creative pace Everything so ideal I don’t care anymore who will be against us As long as he’s with me And because of that I have realized‚ I am deeply in love No holds barred. He was never really in my vocabulary ‘Til one day‚ he became the only word I know He would run through my mind As if there’s no
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The Shining‚ by Stephen King‚ is about a man and his wife and son staying in a hotel during the winter. The man is named Jack Torrance‚ who will be the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel from the months of November to April. Jack was notorious for losing his job‚ mostly since he had a bad temper and drank excessively. Thankfully though‚ his good buddy Al knew the owner of the Overlook‚ who needed someone to stay there when everyone else left; so‚ he was able to get him the job. Jack’s son‚ Danny‚ has
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A Doll House A feminist approach to the play by Henrik Ibsen The Feminist movement is an ongoing reaction against the male definition of woman. In most western civilizations men have dominated politics‚ society and the economy of their worlds. They have suppressed the voices of the women so that they could mold it the way they wanted it. Thus they defined what was feminine as insubstantial‚ subservient and devoid of will. Femininity was further emotion driven‚ illogical‚ naive and ought not be
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The Shining (1980) is creative director Stanley Kubrick’s intense‚ epic‚ gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece - a beautiful‚ stylish work that distanced itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre. (The film waits until its climax to provide the typical catharctic bloody violence of most traditional horror films.) The film’s source material from science-fiction/horror author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel (his third novel under his own name)
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Film is an important part of culture‚ because it combines aspects such as song‚ story-telling‚ art and expression. The scenes of a film come together to create harmony and to express an idea. The Shining is a film that expressed Stephen King’s novel in a cinematic way. In every scene from this film there are indications of formalist techniques‚ when viewed all together as a movie‚ the idea of this movie being formalist is ensured. The movement of the camera when we follow Danny down the hallways
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Stanley Kubrick’s cold and frightening "The Shining" challenges the mind. In the opening scene at a job interview‚ we meet Jack Torrance‚ a man who plans to live for the winter in solitude and isolation with his wife and son. He will be the caretaker of the snowbound Overlook Hotel. His employer warns that a former caretaker murdered his wife and two daughters‚ and committed suicide‚ but Jack told him: "You can rest assured‚ Mr. Ullman‚ that’s not gonna happen with me. And as far as my wife is concerned
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