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    Science-Fiction Films leaves viewers with a replicated future Directors and film makers in today’s society, especially in the genre of Sci-Fi are showing their unique perspectives and ideas of the future. Thomas Short will travel deeper into the world of Sci-Fi and see how these two different movie directors foresee the future in the next upcoming years. Science Fiction films and texts have been used to challenge our thinking about our own society and sense of humanity in the midst of scientific

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    comparative analysis of Caravaggio’s The Musicians from the Italian Baroque period, and Watteau’s Mezzetin from the Rococo Period. Although both paintings depict a scene or event from everyday life, or a genre scene, the latter was painted more recently during the modern era and it differs immensely. The major differences become evident in the style of the painters as well as their personal representations of the subject matter. The works illustrate the evolvement of a certain genre in Western painting

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    Poetry is a type of literature or work of art that use musical qualities of a language. It uses conventions and forms to evoke different emotional responses to the reader. Poems suggest different interpretations of words through the use of alliterations, rhythm, assonance, and onomatopoeia in achieving musical effects. In many situations, a poem is always left open for multiple interpretations, due to the sophisticated use of irony, ambiguity, and symbolism. Simile, metonymy, and metaphors are used

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    Approach to Television Genre Theory” conceives of television genre as a cultural category rather than merely a textual component. In the decade since the original publishing of the article, television has evolved out of the multi-channel era and into the post-network era. In this new television landscape, genres are no longer a fixed entity1, and there is great academic potential in the in the study of television genres. The text, Thinking Outside the Box: A Contemporary Television Genre Reader, aims to

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    Genre & Context The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament in the Bible, and is a Gospel narrative. The narratives provided by the Gospels in the New Testament are here to provide us with descriptions of the life, death, and resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ, as well as to share His teachings. Like any other narrative, it is important to understand the historical and literary contexts surrounding the Gospel of Matthew, as well as the importance and significance

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    How does “Tell-Tale Heart” fit the horror genre? Chills run up and down your spine and you begin to feel goosebumps on your arms. Quickly, the cold envelopes you and you feel frozen. What is this? It is the effects of horror fiction. You might be wondering, what in fact is the horror genre? The horror genre is not only the stories told at midnight about ghosts and ghouls. It is simply a story with suspense and tensions. Other details could be added such as good versus evil and supernatural versus

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    Q1: Of all the genres studied this semester, list 3 that you feel have been the most socially/politically influential over time. Back up your choices with reasons and examples? While many genres have been substantially influential over time both socially and politically, I feel that rock and roll genre, country music genre, and African-American roots genre. Rock and Roll Music Genre This genre’s popularity has in time resulted in immense influence thus greatly impacting the society in facets such

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    The American Gothic Genre, which focuses on the paranormal aspects of life, began in the 1700s and is still used today. Kelly Link is the author of “The Specialist’s Hat”, and the author of many literary collections. She's received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has co-edited a number of anthologies. She uses imagery, intimidating diction, and literary devices to convey the emotion and theme of snakes, hollowness, and death in this story. From the start, “The Specialist's Hat”

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    Altman’s analysis of semantic and syntactic themes in film genre in order to demonstrate the relationship between categorizing the film as a Western and finding the more structural meaning from the actions of the characters throughout the scene. My argument is also reinforced by Camilla Fojas’s analysis of the Western genre and how certain descriptive changes such as the time period can build a new subgenre of the western which helps this paper prove that the revision of a traditional genre can bring

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    and the art of film making is the evolution of the existing film genres in today’s wide market of movies. The movie genres that we have seen over the years have constantly altered itself and improved - from the horror genre for example - Nosferatu (Murnau.F.W , 1922) to Insidious: Chapter 3 (Whannel. L, 2015) and then a blend of genres as seen in Zombieland (Fleischer. R, 2009). As Hayward. S (2006, p. 185) puts it “Clearly, genres are not static, they evolve with the times, even disappear.” In this

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