English 67

One of the many common threads of the dystopian materials we’ve looked at is that they involve an invaion of the mind. Societies cross over from utopia to dystopia when the government attemps to control the thought and ideas of its people. This may be obvious to everyone, but this particular aspect of dystopian text intrests me. In [...]

Two streams of our discussion today peaked my interest, and both seemed to fall into the theme of channeling. 
Desire, some of us decided, is never satisfied in humans.  I agree with this decision.  Just as, in a biological sense, our bodies are constantly adjusting in order to achieve homeostasis, I think that we are always [...]

In the other dystopian novels and short stories we’ve encountered, the government is in control and they are proud of that control. They don’t try to play their power off as something it isn’t. However, I found it interesting that the people in the government in control in The Prisoner, always tried to claim that [...]

I’m going to try to elaborate on my comments tying the beginning and ending together. Hopefully I can keep this all clear, bear with me I’m working off 2 hours of sleep. . .
Jellyfish- I think the idea of the Jellyfish extends beyond just Orr to also include Haber and the Aliens. I see the [...]

My uncle sent me an article from the Washington Post with a paragraph I’d like to discuss:
“As to Dumbledore, it would have been disturbing if Rowling had used her final book to argue for some baldly political agenda — if the Hogwarts headmaster and professor Snape had married, for example, in a touching civil ceremony. [...]

In class we briefly discussed the idea of alienation of labour.
In recent years (dating back to around Ford’s time, as Brave New World points out), we have seen increasing mechanization of hte work force.  Individuals are being used as machines, as they repeat the same action over and over again on a conveyor belt assembly [...]

FALL FACULTY LECTURE SERIES
Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.
Blue Room, Frank Dining Hall, Pomona College
October 17, 2007
Doing the Full Monty with Jacques Lacan:
Spectatorship, Sexual In-Difference, and the Phallus
Jennifer Friedlander
Edgar E. and Elizabeth S. Pankey Professor of Media Studies and Assistant Professor of Art and Art History,
In this lecture Jennifer Friedlander explores the implications of Jacques Lacan’s notion [...]

While attempting to find a piece of postmodern art for Friday’s class, I stumbled upon the Portland Public Service Building. I’ve passed this building many times to and from work, but I never carefully looked at its unique architectural design. Apparently, the building is a prominent example of postmodern architecture. Some of its distinctive characteristics [...]

I thought that fashion and clothing might be a good example of postmodern cultural production, because many current styles draw from the past (retro, etc.). I also just typed fashion and postmodern into Google, and it came up with a journal article called “Urban style clothes and urban cultural production in Milan: Postmodern identity and [...]

In a postmodern society, the definitions of orginality are blurred, or maybe completely erased. Jameson argues that pastiche has eclipsed parody, and has become one of the pillars of postmodernism. He claims we live “in a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles.” Using [...]