Open Yale Courses http://oyc.yale.edu/transcript/469/engl-300 ENGL-300: INTRODUCTION TO THEORY OF LITERATURE Lecture 19 - The New Historicism [March 31‚ 2009] Chapter 1. Origins of New Historicism [00:00:00] Professor Paul Fry: So today we turn to a mode of doing literary criticism which was extraordinarily widespread beginning in the late seventies and into the eighties‚ called the New Historicism. It was definable in ways that I’ll turn to in a minute and‚ as I say‚ prevalent to a remarkable
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Nursing Research Introduction * The ability to conduct research is becoming an ever important skill. The ultimate purpose of nursing is to provide high-quality patient care. Clinical practice without research is practice based on tradition without validation. Research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing treatment modalities‚ to determine the impact of nursing care on the health of the patients or to test out theory. Nursing practice is undergoing tremendous changes and challenges
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Contemporary Issues in American Politics Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejects the notion of a “living Constitution‚” arguing that the judges must try to understand what the framers meant at the time the text was written. (pg 92) Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer contends that in finding the meaning of the Constitution‚ judges cannot neglect to consider the probable consequences of different interpretations. In a YouTube video I watched a debate with Breyer and Scalia‚ the first
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The science of behavior was founded by John B. Watson in 1913 and it was termed behaviorism. Watson proposed a radically new approach to psychology‚ one that rejected to the subjectivity of both structuralism and functionalism. The school of behaviorism confines itself to the study of behavior because behavior is observable and measurable and‚ therefore‚ objective and scientific. Behaviorism also emphasizes that behavior is determined primarily by factors in the environment. The exact diction of
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1112a‚ 10). C.S. Lewis clarifies Aristotle’s point of reason and thinking‚ but takes it further by addressing the threat of these instincts being frequent actions resulting in dispassion and the illusion of a virtuous life. If man is to view life subjectivity‚ under the terms of other men‚ then your actions of will no longer be willing‚ but value-less (Lewis‚ 1944). The ideals of Aristotle’s Primary Virtues permits having success in your individual‚ familial‚ and societal life‚ all of which are aspects
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The Bluest Eye depicts the social conditions and psychology of black citizens in post-World War II United States. This excerpt‚ situated in the Autumn part of the book‚ introduces the reader to a family‚ the Breedloves‚ part of whom is the protagonist‚ Pecola. The point of view is omniscient‚ enabling the author to describe the family‚ their house and state of mind. This extract has several layers of meaning : it depicts the physical‚ then moral conditions of the Breedloves‚ but also sheds light
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The effects of Dance Imagery and its contribution towards healthy body alignment and positive development in dance. This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture‚ achieved by holding sections of the body in line with one another and using minimal muscular work”. Body alignment is about how your head‚ shoulder‚ spine‚ hips‚ knees
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13 March 2014 Early Philosophers “Pre-Socratic” or “Mythopoeic” thinkers? The Ancient Greek philosophers played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the world‚ and it initiated an approach based on reason and evidence. Initially concerned with explaining the entire cosmos (the universe seen as a well-ordered whole)‚ the Pre-Socratic philosophers strived to identify its
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Bloom’s Taxonomy is the higher order of thinking. Imagine a pyramid; to get to the top‚ you must first finish what is on the bottom. Bloom’s Taxonomy is divided into 6 different sections‚ each one specifying what skills are being demonstrated. The first and easiest block is knowledge. In knowledge you observe and recall of information‚ knowledge of dates‚ events‚ places‚ major ideas‚ and of subject matter. Some clues to identify knowledge is if it asks or you list‚ define‚ tell‚
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expressed. Different life experiences and the varying perspectives people have. Art gives us what makes us truly special. What it means to be a human. We have to found ways of expressing ourselves; otherwise we just become clones of each other. Subjectivity plays a large role here as that the fact everybody appreciates science and what it does to benefit us means it is lacking spirituality. Science theories and their truths are objective. In the past they have been wrong. Therefore they can be proved
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