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Philosophy and Recipes

Submitted by jrlewis on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 5:00pm

What to do with William James? william james His writings on psychology formed the primary textbook for that discipline.  The school of philosophy he developed, pragmatism appeals to philosophers and scientists alike.  Jacques Barzun identifies him as an American hero.  So it would seem that the works of William James have been assimilated into American culture and intellectual life.  If this is true, then what is the point of reading his original writings?  Or why should one use “The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive

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Framing Our World: The Form of a Graphic Narrative

Submitted by Shayna S on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 3:54pm

graphic [graf-ik]

            1. giving a clear and effective picture; vivid

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If the Medium Fits

Submitted by aseidman on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 11:39am

 

Preface and Explanation

 

The following paper originally included photographs of pages from Marjane Sartrapi’s graphic novel “Persepolis.” I used these images to demonstrate my points to the reader. Upon glancing over the images, however, it occurred to me that I might make an even more effective point by attempting to describe the images in prose, rather than to demonstrate them in their original form.

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Closely Related Literary Kinds...

Submitted by jrlewis on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 10:33am

I just finished reading Philippe Petit's book, "Man on Wire" pp  This text chronicles Petit's multiyear long project to perform a high wire walk across the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.  There is a significant amount of autiobiographical information, including Petit's childhood passion for horseback riding.  Interspersed throughout the text are black and white images of Petit, his accomplices, and the Twin Towers.  Some are photographs, others are sketches and notes in

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Genres as Recipes or Recipes as Genres?

Submitted by jrlewis on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 9:41am

Perhaps this is a stupid question…  Especially for someone who has taken almost enough literature courses to be an English minor… An avid reader of novels, graphic narratives, biographies, and texts on philosophy and science… 
WHAT IS LITERATURE?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 
Is it the texts of the Western Canon?  Is it global?  Is it any kind of artist writing?  What about important articles? Comics? Papers? Speeches? Films? Recipes?

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Storytelling through Serials - How and Why?

Submitted by aseidman on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 3:13pm

 

I think it would be an interesting idea for us to study serial fiction as a genre.

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World Literature and Neurobiology

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 12:04pm

The Facebook group "Rethinking World Literature" hosts a series of interdisciplinary discussions around the topic of what constitutes "world literature."  The Evolving Systems project on Serendip hosts a series of interdisciplinary discussions exploring the common usefulness in a wide array of contexts, academic and otherwise, of emergent and evolving systems ideas.  The conversation documented below is archived from a discussion on the Rethinking World Literature Facebook site and will be added to as that discussion continues. A second discussion archive on "From Evolving Systems to World Literature and Back Again" is available here. 

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Feminism, Or How I Learned to Breathe

Submitted by Karina on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 11:17pm

Here is my reflection/explanation of my final project:

 

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Dance is hard to see ... the purest form of knowledge?

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 12:06pm

A month ago I spent  several hours watching an opening session in the development of the dance piece "Dance is Hard to See," and talking with choreographer Kathryn Tebordo and the dancers about what I had seen and what dance was, or might be, all about.  "Dance is the purest form of knowledge" emerged from that conversation, which was a rich experience for me, one I have been mulling ever since.  I'm very much looking forward to this coming Sunday's performance of "Dance is Hard to See," to seeing how it has evolved and talking more with Kathryn, the performers, and other audience members about, among other things, what it says about what dance is (see

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