Anne Donadey with Francoise Lionnet “Feminisms, Genders, Sexualities” Attempted topoi: Antecedent and Consequence In their essay, “Feminisms, Genders, Sexualities,” Anne Donadey and Francoise Lionnet create a timeline that follows the birth and continual growth of feminism, gender, and sexual studies. The purpose of their essay is to not add a new element into the discussion [...]
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Feminisms, Genders, Sexualities
Posted in Parts of the Whole on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Race as Literary Theory
Posted in Parts of the Whole on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kenneth W. Warren “Race and Ethnicity” Attempted topoi: Rumors It is no secret that race is a social construction formulated by society to categorize and differentiate among the “us” and “them” philosophy. Kenneth Warren argues in his essay that race should not be used as a way to analyze or converse about a text; race [...]
Adaptations
Posted in Personal Reflections on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For class on Tuesday, we had a guest speaker, Professor Pilinovksy, who came and spoke to use regarding her research experiences, translations, a plethora of other information and side conversations. During the discussion, Prof. Pilinovksy began talking about adaptations and how adaptations (movies, books, plays, etc.) are actually a form of translation. A well known [...]
Culture: The sum of the whole?
Posted in Parts of the Whole on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Translation Studies” by Lawrence Venuti Attempted topoi: Whole/Parts In his essay, “Translation Studies,” Lawrence Venuti argues that translation studies is cultural, and yet it embodies so many other parts. Venuti divides his argument of translation into three compartments–equivalence and shifts, cultural systems and norms, and ethics and politics–in order to give his reader a broad [...]
