Chapter 28 – The Age of Anxiety 1) Uncertainty in modern thought a) The effects of World War I on modern thought i) Western society began to question values and beliefs that had guided it since the Enlightenment. ii) Many people rejected the longaccepted beliefs in progress and the power of the rational mind to understand a logical universe and an orderly society. (1) Valéry wrote about the crisis of the cruelly injured mind; to him the war ("storm")
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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Introduction: The years between the two world wars (1919-1939) witnessed prolific poetic activity. It was a period when tradition and innovation went side by side. In the direction of innovation we can find such groups as the Imagists‚ Symbolists‚ and Surrealists working‚ whereas we also find some traditionalists fighting a last-ditch battle against the forces of change. However‚ most of the poets of the age combined tradition and innovation; and even the most daring inovators did not‚ or could not‚ cut
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Overview Pablo Picasso was the greatest and most significant artist in the beginning of the twentieth century. Best known as the father of Cubism‚ Picasso also made important contributions to Surrealism and Symbolism and he was the inventor of collage. Although he primarily saw himself as a painter‚ Picasso ’s sculpture work was highly significant‚ in addition he explored printmaking and ceramics. Pablo had a charismatic personality and was involved in many relationships with women which directed
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8/9/13 "Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar 70768 Axolotl by Julio Cortázar The Mexican axolotl is an odd-looking salamander with a flat head and spiked feet‚ unusual because it often spends its entire life in the so-called larval stage‚ like a tadpole‚ without ever moving to land. “It grows and grows in the same shape‚ and has the capacity to reproduce‚” said the biologist Armando Tovar Garza. “We don’t really know why it doesn’t change.” Its gaze seems to captivate as its gills slowly beat. In
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Comparative Essay Michelangelo and Caravaggio were possibly the two most renowned painters during the Renaissance period. Both Renaissance artists painted religious scenes‚ approaching their artworks in diverse ways according to their personal framework and attitudes. Where Michelangelo’s tortured soul was portrayed directly onto his paintings‚ Caravaggio’s almost arrogant attitude and need for action and drama resulted in his dark‚ melodramatic pieces. Both artists were working on commissions
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Botero‚ Fernando (1932- )‚ Colombian painter and sculptor who is noted for the round‚ slightly comic figures that began to appear in his works during the 1960s. Born in Medellín‚ Colombia‚ Botero attended a school for matadors from 1944 to 1946. He first exhibited his paintings in 1948 in Medellín with other artists from the region. At that time he was influenced by the work of Mexican artists Diego Rivera‚ David Alfaro Siqueiros‚ and José Clemente Orozco. After working briefly as a theater set
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Making the World a Better Place Philosophy 1001‚ Dr. Cara Nine ‘Better Place’? ‘Making the world...’? Making the world a better place There are two sets of philosophical questions: 1. What is ‘good’ or ‘better’? (That is‚ what does a ‘better world look like and why?) 2. What kinds of actions are ‘right’? (What are we justified in doing to bring about the good?) Ideas of the good life Hedonism Desire Satisfaction Theory Objective Goods Theory Theories of Right Action Utilitarian
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ThE ArT mArkET in 2012 A dialogue between East and West SOMMAIRE Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6
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Nicolas Cage Is More Than Just a Bad Actor: He’s a Great One In my room is a poster for the movie Kickass. It’s a relatively colorful and active poster‚ featuring three young adults dressed as vigilante superheroes. Written at the top are the names of starring actors and actresses‚ including Nicolas Cage. One particular day I had a friend in my room‚ and he spotted this poster. He exclaimed something to the degree of‚ “Kickass was the worst‚ most unbelievable movie and Nicolas Cage ruined any
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