Archive for October, 2008

Matrix and Baudrillard

Posted by admin on October 30, 2008, 6:36 pm

The floor is open for comments on The Matrix and/or Baudrillard.

Urizen

Posted by admin on October 26, 2008, 7:45 pm

The floor is open for blog posts on The Book of Urizen.

MHH Free for All

Posted by admin on October 17, 2008, 5:07 pm

The floor is open for any arguments you’d like to make about Blake’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

The Poet in Hell

Posted by admin on , 5:07 pm

How does Blake construct the role of the Poet in MHH? How does he position himself in relationship to that role?

Hacking the System

Posted by admin on , 5:04 pm

In what way or ways can Blake be seen as hacking the system in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell?

Blake’s Composite Art

Posted by admin on , 5:03 pm

Chose a single plate from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and discuss the interrelations or disconnections you see between its verbal and visual elements.

Contraries

Posted by admin on , 5:01 pm

Using evidence from the Marriage of Heaven and Hell, discuss the meaning of “Without Contraries is no progression.”

Continuities

Posted by admin on October 10, 2008, 3:41 pm

Give a reading of either Blade Runner or The Sandman that connects it in a significant way to a work we have discussed earlier in the semester.

Bruno, Ramble City

Posted by admin on , 3:39 pm

“Of all the replicants, only one, Rachel, succeeds in making the journey. She assumes a sexual identity, becomes a woman, and loves a man. . . . Rachel accepts the paternal figure and follows the path to a ‘normal’ adult, female, sexuality: she identifies her sex by first acknowledging the power of the other, the father, a man.” Comment on what it means to be a woman in either Blade Runner or The Sandman.

Class Questions

Posted by admin on , 3:30 pm

The floor is now open for you to develop any of the questions that you discussed in class group work.