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Overpopulation
Here’s a link to a pretty good explanation of overpopulation, which basically shows how ridiculous Walter was. The guy who does these videos is also Hank of vlogbrothers and brotherhood 2.0, so he’s fairly entertaining: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-yN2G5BY0&feature=related Sorry I meant to … Continue reading
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Wallace’s Postcard to DeLillo
I found this on a website while looking up Franzen’s and Wallace’s literary movement; I thought it was a fun connection considering our coursework: http://electricliterature.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DFW-and-Don-DeLillo1.png
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Heritage in Freedom
One of the things that really struck me as interesting is Franzen’s strange adherence to genetics and family lines. Walter’s family is especially interesting- he is predestined to be as angry and unhappy as all the previous men in his … Continue reading
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Politics and Selfishness
As many of us have already stated, I didn’t connect with most of the characters in the book. The stereotype that was supposed to embody my opinion (Waldman does achieve a wide girth of stereotypes that most of us apply … Continue reading
The Influences of the Garden and the Void
As we were talking about the Void and the Garden today, I remembered various visits I have made to memorial sites. We talked about how Maya Lin’s Vietnam Memorial was referenced through the Void, but I think its also clear … Continue reading
My beef with Kelly
I realize that this is a rather obvious criticism to bring up about the film, and perhaps I’m coming on too strong with the film theory background of objectification, but I found this comic and film as a literary text … Continue reading
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Tagged American Exceptionalism, Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
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Harkening Back to the Real
I came across this a few days ago and immediately our discussions of simulation and the real. Its a quick critique on “the real”, and also its just fun. http://wondermark.com/789/
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Death and Disaster Series Part 2
When going through White Noise I found myself drawn to many of the passages discussed earlier in this blog. However on page 218 during the car crash discussion, I was drawn to a passage slightly before the one discussed. The … Continue reading
Postmodernism and the Social Novel
The term postmodern is much like the term irony. Both are part of the language of everyday experience and yet each term is awfully abused, overused, and misunderstood. Often I have trouble understanding what postmodernism really signifies. In film it … Continue reading
