Jean-François Lyotard

Robert Louis Stevenson’s late – Victorian novella “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” was first published in 1886 and is about a lawyer, Mr Utterson, and his discovery about his client and friend Doctor Jekyll and his relation to the mysterious Mr Hyde. In order to analyse the narrative structure of ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, one might first look at a definition of narrative. “Narrative is the representation of an event or a series of events.” (Abbott, P. 12) In the majority

The term postmodernism is applied to several disciplines which include architecture, art, literature, music, film, sociology, cultural and media studies, visual arts, philosophy, history. Communications and technology. The beginning of postmodernism is quite unclear, however, it emerged as an area of academic study in mid- 1980s. "Postmodernism" is an outcome of the deep changes in social and political life style in post-industrialized societies with an attitude to question the truth and authority

1. Our understanding of contemporary capitalist culture and globalization has been greatly influenced by neo-Marxism. There have been many significant events all over the world such as the Great Depression, The Second World War which have contributed to our understanding of contemporary capitalist culture. There has been a "false consciousness" associated with this time and date since capitalism continues to "deliver the goods" (Adams & Sydie, 2002: 90). The beginning of the end of capitalist

What exactly is Postmodernism and how is it different from Modernism? Well, Postmodernism is often described as a rebellion against what was seen as the assumptions and constraints of Modernist design thinking and practice. By researching the history of Postmodernism and Modernism, and the four Postmodernist artists, Banksy, Javier Mariscal, David Carson, and Ettore Sottsass, we can see how they express the characteristics and the concerns of Postmodernism. Let us begin with the history of Modernism

There is no clear definition of what postmodernism is. However, City of Glass is considered to be the by far the text which is most visibly postmodernism. This is precisely because it “offers the kind of narrative that zigzags visibly, deliberately missing at all angle the sense of a foundation.” The postmodernist discourse remains central to the understanding of City of Glass. Perhaps the only thing that makes the story alluring is the fact that it is steeped in postmodernist features. Otherwise

Clear Liquid Thought: The Photographs of Jim Dine The camera sees even beyond the visual consciousness. --Ralph Eugene Meatyard Argument: The Photographic Unconscious In his article "Photographie avant analyse"1 photography critic François Soulages discusses the reciprocal influence between photography (as an emerging technology in the nineteenth century) and the study of the unconscious (prior to the invention of psychoanalysis). To what extent, he asks, did a new technology such as

Maya Angelou is an author and poet who has risen to fame for her emotionally filled novels and her deep, heartfelt poetry. Her novels mainly focus on her life and humanity with special emphasis on her ideas of what it means to live. The way she utilizes many different styles to grab and keep readers’ attention through something as simple as an autobiography is astounding. This command of the English language and the grace with which she writes allows for a pleasant reading experience. Her style

necessitated" and sees importance be place upon identifying the "precise developmental moments of that construction in the history of gendered subjects." This is similar to Butlers demand for a genealogical inquiry into gender construction. Butler draws on Jean Paul Sartre's essentialism; "existence precedes essence", and Simone de Beauvoir's concept that "One is not born, but rather becomes a woman." Judith Sargent Murray argues that when born we are "tabula rasa"; a blank slate, therefore concurs with

conscious, or reflective beings, homo sapiens sapiens. And the day we are no longer such beings, we would no longer be human, and I could well imagine that philosophy would have no place in a world populated by such unreflective creatures. Jean-Francois Lyotard (1991) has hinted - and I agree with him - that our humanity is at present being threatened by an inhuman system of global development, but also that the resources exist within us to resist the dehumanizing effects of such a system, even if

The Representation of Evil in Roberto Benigni 's Life Is Beautiful AUTHOR: CARLO CELLI TITLE: The Representation of Evil in Roberto Benigni 's Life Is Beautiful SOURCE: Journal of Popular Film and Television 28 no2 74-9 Summ 2000 The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. When the subject of Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) became public knowledge