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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited ‘El mapa y el territorio’: Espectáculo de autor in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months agoSpanish Abstract: En una cultura mediática en la que la literatura es espectáculo, los best-sellers son espectáculo de primera, y sus autores se vuelven parte del espectáculo. En este contexto era de esperar que surjan usos experimentales de la figura del autor, o curiosidades si se quiere, como el caso de Houellebecq, que, ficcionalizado en par…[Read more]
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Alexios Brailas deposited Digital storytelling and the narrative turn in psychology: Creating spaces for collective empowerment in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months agoIn this article, we propose a model that combines digital storytelling with narrative practice to create a facilitated peer-to-peer experiential learning space for collective empowerment. This model was inspired by an educational intervention that utilized participatory digital comic strip making to raise students’ awareness of bullying and its c…[Read more]
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Angelos Bollas deposited A critical discussion of inclusive approaches to sexualities in ELT in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoThe aim of this article is to challenge heteronormative as well as homonormative practices in English language teaching. In doing so, the paper demonstrates that both complete absence of LGBTQI+ references in ELT materials, as well as recent attempts to provide more inclusive approaches to materials design and classroom practices, can be…[Read more]
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Angelos Bollas deposited Masculinities on the Side: An Exploration of the Function of Homosexism in Maintaining Hegemonic Masculinities and Sexualities in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoFollowing the work of Hellman, this paper examines homosexism (the stigmatisation of non-penetrative sexual activities of men who have sex with men as non-sexual practices) in relation to hegemony, masculinity, and sexuality theories. In doing so, it discusses the function of sides, men who have sex with men but do not engage in penetrative sexual…[Read more]
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Angelos Bollas deposited ‘Literature as Activism – From Entertainment to Challenging Social Norms: Michael Nava’s Goldenboy (1988) in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoThe aim of this article is to examine how Michael Nava appropriates the conventions of Detective/Crime Fiction to engage in artivism, whereby art is used to challenge sexual and ethnic social oppression and inequality. By providing an analysis of the heteronormative conventions of the Detective and Crime Fiction genre, the article focuses on the…[Read more]
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Arantxa Serantes deposited Raciovitalismo poético y filosofía aplicada: El método Canvas (Psicología profunda desde el método filosófico de María Zambrano) in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoMétodo canvas para posibilitar una serie de dinámicas que permitan aplicar el método de María Zambrano desde el estudio homónimo realizado por Mª João Neves.
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited The Story Behind Any Story: Evolution, Historicity, and Narrative Mapping in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago“The narratives of the world are numberless”; yet, all stories may be seen as chapters of a single story, the story of universal evolution as uncovered by contemporary science, with processes of human emergence and cultural development as a prominent backdrop to the understanding of any narrative process. Evolutionary approaches to literary and…[Read more]
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I am struck by the event of dissolution (in Spencer’s articulation). I wonder how one might think of narrative dissipating into narrativity. Not so much all stories being chapters of a single story as all stories as potential building blocks for other stories. The challenge for me is actually observing a narrative degenerate. The glue is quick…[Read more]
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Yes, I agree, François, one story does lead into another one…. And sometimes, what is the central story for us, with its point and everything, becomes just a building block for someone else’s story. Makes me think of what Rochester says in a poem, “Dead, we become the lumber of the world”.
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Very tickled to discover that Rochester’s translation of Seneca continues thus:
Dead, we become the lumber of the world,
And to that mass of matter shall be swept
Where things destroy’d with things unborn are kept.-
Yes, quite impressive! I also recommend the Johnny Depp film on Rochester, ‘The Libertine’.
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