Eighth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
From Downton Abbey, Great Gatsby and Boardwalk Empire to the new Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts, fans are flying back to the 1920s. But what's the appeal? How does 20s culture reflect our own and what does it reveal about history and its cycles? (Presented at Clockwork Alchemy, May 29 2016, San Jose, CA)
Nazrul's Struggles against Poverty and His Love for the Poor: An Analysisinventionjournals
ABSTRACT : Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, affectionately called as Dhukku Meah (Prince of Sorrow or son of Sorrow) by people, expresses a deep love for the poor and spoke against all causes of poverty in his poems. Because of his own poverty-stricken life, and being a true lover of humanity, Nazrul not only spoke against the contemporary oppressive British regime but also against all evils forces-whether widespread corruption, communal or vested interests of a particular group, false principles supporting oppressive social and political structures or elements- that are virtually responsible for creating widespread poverty and starvation. Though many contemporary writers wrote for the poor and lowly, this paper argues that Nazrul was unparalleled in expressing his love for the poor and violent in his protest against all evil forces of society. Nazrul was successful to create mass awareness among the people in his own time against poverty and starvation by protesting against all oppressive social and political structures, including the British imperialism. Based on the historical context this paper makes an analysis of Nazrul‘s poetry and his career as a poet to show how Nazrul reveals, in his poems, his unalloyed love for the poor, speaks against the causes of poverty, and also unmasks the exploiters, who really eternalize poverty in different forms in society. Though Nazrul played his role as a writer in fighting poverty and protested against its causes in a particular socio-political and historical context and expressed his deep love for the poor in a supreme stature, his writings against poverty and exploitation can enlighten us till today.
“Color Struck”: Racial Mimicry as the Root Jeremy Borgia
Zora Neale Hurston, born in 1891, has emerged as an iconic author in the fields of African-American and feminist literature; most famous for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston wrote a number of novels, plays, and short stories. Writing from the 1920s to the 1950s, Hurston’s work is predominantly positioned in the era of the Harlem Renaissance, which ended around the time of the Great Depression. She was an influential voice during this time period, working and arguing both with and alongside the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, each of whom had a disparate view of the role of art and literature in the movement for black American equality. Locke rejected “propaganda and ‘racial rhetoric’ for the most part as
obstacles to literary excellence and universal acceptance” (Classon 8), while Du Bois proclaimed, “I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda’’ (Du Bois 22). Hurston, however, was
suspicious of her contemporaries’ rhetoric, recognizing the superficial division between these two views. Both men endeavored to artificially bolster the black race by “proving” their merit to white America through literature—propagandistic or not; Hurston, however, was troubled by the notion that black society was being defined against “whiteness” in culture and literature. Indeed, her works demonstrate a criticism of these black leaders: that in their quest for equality, equality was confused with mimicking whiteness. In other words, the movement for equality became lost in the quest for sameness.
From Downton Abbey, Great Gatsby and Boardwalk Empire to the new Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts, fans are flying back to the 1920s. But what's the appeal? How does 20s culture reflect our own and what does it reveal about history and its cycles? (Presented at Clockwork Alchemy, May 29 2016, San Jose, CA)
Nazrul's Struggles against Poverty and His Love for the Poor: An Analysisinventionjournals
ABSTRACT : Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, affectionately called as Dhukku Meah (Prince of Sorrow or son of Sorrow) by people, expresses a deep love for the poor and spoke against all causes of poverty in his poems. Because of his own poverty-stricken life, and being a true lover of humanity, Nazrul not only spoke against the contemporary oppressive British regime but also against all evils forces-whether widespread corruption, communal or vested interests of a particular group, false principles supporting oppressive social and political structures or elements- that are virtually responsible for creating widespread poverty and starvation. Though many contemporary writers wrote for the poor and lowly, this paper argues that Nazrul was unparalleled in expressing his love for the poor and violent in his protest against all evil forces of society. Nazrul was successful to create mass awareness among the people in his own time against poverty and starvation by protesting against all oppressive social and political structures, including the British imperialism. Based on the historical context this paper makes an analysis of Nazrul‘s poetry and his career as a poet to show how Nazrul reveals, in his poems, his unalloyed love for the poor, speaks against the causes of poverty, and also unmasks the exploiters, who really eternalize poverty in different forms in society. Though Nazrul played his role as a writer in fighting poverty and protested against its causes in a particular socio-political and historical context and expressed his deep love for the poor in a supreme stature, his writings against poverty and exploitation can enlighten us till today.
“Color Struck”: Racial Mimicry as the Root Jeremy Borgia
Zora Neale Hurston, born in 1891, has emerged as an iconic author in the fields of African-American and feminist literature; most famous for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston wrote a number of novels, plays, and short stories. Writing from the 1920s to the 1950s, Hurston’s work is predominantly positioned in the era of the Harlem Renaissance, which ended around the time of the Great Depression. She was an influential voice during this time period, working and arguing both with and alongside the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, each of whom had a disparate view of the role of art and literature in the movement for black American equality. Locke rejected “propaganda and ‘racial rhetoric’ for the most part as
obstacles to literary excellence and universal acceptance” (Classon 8), while Du Bois proclaimed, “I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda’’ (Du Bois 22). Hurston, however, was
suspicious of her contemporaries’ rhetoric, recognizing the superficial division between these two views. Both men endeavored to artificially bolster the black race by “proving” their merit to white America through literature—propagandistic or not; Hurston, however, was troubled by the notion that black society was being defined against “whiteness” in culture and literature. Indeed, her works demonstrate a criticism of these black leaders: that in their quest for equality, equality was confused with mimicking whiteness. In other words, the movement for equality became lost in the quest for sameness.
Contexts for poet Frank X Walker's TURN ME LOOSE: THE UNGHOSTING OF MEDGAR EVERSMary Vermillion
These slides provide context for poet Frank X Walker's 2013 poetry collection about the assassination of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers. The collection features poems in the voices of Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers; Evers' brother, Charles Evers; Evers' assassin, Byron de la Beckwith; and Beckwith's two wives. Topics covered in the slides include persona poems, segregation, Jim Crow, "Strange Fruit," "Dixie," slavery, the KKK, lynching, Emmett Till. The slides were created by members of Mount Mercy University's composition class, EN114 Writing and Social Issues.
Lecture 03 - Learning to See in Lindy's AmericaPatrick Mooney
Second lecture for my students in English 140, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/su12/index.html
Contexts for poet Frank X Walker's TURN ME LOOSE: THE UNGHOSTING OF MEDGAR EVERSMary Vermillion
These slides provide context for poet Frank X Walker's 2013 poetry collection about the assassination of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers. The collection features poems in the voices of Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers; Evers' brother, Charles Evers; Evers' assassin, Byron de la Beckwith; and Beckwith's two wives. Topics covered in the slides include persona poems, segregation, Jim Crow, "Strange Fruit," "Dixie," slavery, the KKK, lynching, Emmett Till. The slides were created by members of Mount Mercy University's composition class, EN114 Writing and Social Issues.
Lecture 03 - Learning to See in Lindy's AmericaPatrick Mooney
Second lecture for my students in English 140, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/su12/index.html
Lecture 03: A Gentle Introduction to TheoryPatrick Mooney
Slideshow for the third lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the fifth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
The presentation gives a panoramic view of the evolution of the concept and practice of sovereignty. It shows how the subject of sovereignty evolved from physical body to body as territory. It examines the works of Weber, Derrida, Foucault, Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben.
Fifteenth lecture for my students in English 140, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/su12/index.html
Ninth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
Tenth lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
Eleventh lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
Lecture 14 - Look Homeward, T.S.: Eliot's American QuartetPatrick Mooney
Fourteenth lecture for my students in English 140, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/su12/index.html
Lecture 04 - Myra, Tanis, Mr. Katamoto (11 April 2012)Patrick Mooney
Fourth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
Lecture 02 - Off on a (Historical) TangentPatrick Mooney
Second lecture for my students in English 140, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/su12/index.html
Slideshow for the twenty-first lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the twenty-second lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Lecture 02: Poetics and Poetry: An IntroductionPatrick Mooney
Slideshow for the second lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Seventeenth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
Lecture 06 - The Economy That Jack Built; The Novel That George Built (18 Apr...Patrick Mooney
Sixth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
Lecture 18 - The Turn to Speculative FictionPatrick Mooney
Eighteenth lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
Lecture 14 - The Smallest of Small Towns (16 May 2012)Patrick Mooney
Fourteenth lecture for my students in English 104A, UC Santa Barbara, spring 2012. Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/s12/index.html
Essay On Cultural Differences. Cultural appreciation essay. Importance of Un...Diana Carroll
Cultural Diversity Essay | Essay on Cultural Diversity for Students and .... Essay on cultural differences roles and core values - Essay Example for .... Cultural difference | Essay - Studienett.no. The Cultural Differences Argument Essay Example | Topics and Well .... Relationships essay - cultural differences - Document in A Level and IB .... Cultural analysis essay definition - udgereport270.web.fc2.com. How to write an essay on my cultural identity. Sample essay on a world view of cultural diversity. Cultural Differences Essay | Essay on Cultural Differences for Students .... Cultural Differences Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays ....
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Cultural Diversity Essay | Essay on Cultural Diversity for Students and .... Comparing and Contrasting two Distinct Cultures Free Essay Example. Cultural difference | Essay - Studienett.no. ⇉Cultural Differences in the Two Countries Essay Example | GraduateWay. Remarkable Diversity Essay ~ Thatsnotus. Cultural Differences Essay - learningmanagementdesign. Cultural differences - Studienett.no.
Cultural Diversity Essay | Essay on Cultural Diversity for Students and .... Comparing and Contrasting two Distinct Cultures Free Essay Example. Cultural difference | Essay - Studienett.no. ⇉Cultural Differences in the Two Countries Essay Example | GraduateWay. Remarkable Diversity Essay ~ Thatsnotus. Cultural Differences Essay - learningmanagementdesign. Cultural differences - Studienett.no.
Rewilding Loneliness: A Crisis of Community and Loss of Shared SpacesPaula Wood
So-called "developed" nations have the highest rate of loneliness in the world. When we think of rewilding, it's often the romanticized vision of the rugged, capable individual in a pristine forest. However, long-term feelings of loneliness and social isolation can reduce cognitive skills, such as the ability to concentrate, make decisions, and problem-solve. In the face of increasing authoritarianism and populist xenophobia, all we really have is each other in the day-to-day context we’re in.
Paule Wood (they/them) has a background in Human Centered Design and has been professionally designing complex systems for two decades. A practitioner of de-armouring and Northern European ceremonial and personal magic, they are the co-iniator of the community organization Rewild Salish Sea, part of the Rewild Alliance.
Slideshow for the twentieth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the nineteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the eighteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the seventeenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the sixteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the fifteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Lecture 14: "To speke of wo that Is in mariage"Patrick Mooney
Slideshow for the fourteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the thirteenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the eleventh lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Lecture 10: Who's Speaking, and What Can They Say?Patrick Mooney
Slideshow for the tenth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Lecture 09: The Things You Can't Say (in Public)Patrick Mooney
Slideshow for the ninth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the eighth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the seventh lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Slideshow for the sixth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Lecture 04: Dishonesty and Deception, 25 June 2015Patrick Mooney
Slideshow for the fourth lecture in my summer course, English 10, "Introduction to Literary Studies: Deception, Dishonesty, Bullshit."
http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m15/
Introduction to Web Design for Literary Theorists I: Introduction to HTML (v....Patrick Mooney
First in a series of workshops for graduate students in the Department of English at UC Santa Barbara.
More information: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/lead-ta/web-design/
YouTube screencast with audio: http://youtu.be/ZyYRmJXbT4o
Web Design for Literary Theorists III: Machines Read, Too (just not well) (v ...Patrick Mooney
Third (and last) in a series of workshops for graduate students in the Department of English at UC Santa Barbara.
More information: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/lead-ta/web-design/2013-2014/
YouTube screencast with audio: http://youtu.be/IwuS0K21ZoU
Web Design for Literary Theorists II: Overview of CSS (v 1.0)Patrick Mooney
Second in a series of workshops for graduate students in the Department of English at UC Santa Barbara.
More information: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/lead-ta/web-design/2013-2014/
YouTube screencast with audio: http://youtu.be/5Ds9oKV20H0
Web Design for Literary Theorists I: Introduction to HTMLPatrick Mooney
First in a series of workshops for graduate students in the Department of English at UC Santa Barbara.
More information: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/lead-ta/web-design/2013-2014/
YouTube screencast with audio: http://youtu.be/7Sv0LLGgi9A
Being Sherlock Holmes: Guest Lecture, 9 January 2014Patrick Mooney
Guest lecture for Professor Newfield's English 193 course, 9 January 2014, at UC Santa Barbara. Based substantially on material from Professor Newfield.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Lecture 08 - Difference, Loneliness, Separation (25 April 2012)
1. Lecture 8: Difference, Loneliness, Separation
English 104A
UC Santa Barbara
Spring 2012
25 April 2012
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
—Gavin Stevens in William Faulkner’s Requiem for a
Nun, act I, scene iii
2. The Possessive Investment in
Whiteness (1998)
● Whiteness is a cultural construction “that like all
racial identities has no valid foundation in
biology or anthropology,” but is still “a social
fact” (vii).
● It is a valuable construction that “has a cash
value” (vii) that provides certain individuals with
advantages.
● An individual’s relation to the large-scale power
structures supporting whiteness as a privileged
position is an ethical and political choice made
“within a social structure that gives value to
whiteness and offers rewards for racism” (viii).
3. Race (in Lipsitz)
● “Race is a cultural construct, but one with sinister
structural causes and consequences.” (2)
● Is a determining (if unacknowledged) factor in a
huge number of decisions that people make,
both in the course of their daily lives and while
engaging in commercial and government
business.
● pages 5-13 give several dozen examples, including:
– Discriminatory housing practices
– Differential rates and types of law enforcement
– Higher levels of exposure to dangerous toxins
– And many many more.
4. Racism (in Lipsitz)
● Has a specific history:
● “[C]onstant and deliberate actions have institutionalized group
identity in the United States, not just through the
dissemination of cultural stories, but also through systematic
efforts from colonial times to the present to create economic
advantages through a possessive investment in whiteness for
European Americans” (2).
● “There has always been racism in the United States,
but it has not always been the same racism.” (4-5)
● “laws guaranteeing the right to eat at a lunch counter did little
to correct the elaborate web of discrimination in housing,
hiring, and education that left minorities less able to pay for a
lunch-counter meal, let alone raise the capital necessary to
own a lunch counter” (xviii).
5. Racism (continued)
● Is an elective choice made by people, not an
attribute of particular groups.
“White people always have the option of becoming
antiracist, although not enough have done so.” (viii)
● However, there incentives for compliance with
structures of white dominance.
● Since the 1960s, has often shown itself in ways
that shape race-related rewards and
punishments indirectly, rather than by overt acts
of discrimination.
6. Whiteness
● “the unmarked category against which difference is
constructed” (1).
● Provides advantages in the form of privileged access to
housing, educational advantages, access to insider
networks, and the transfer between generations of
wealth accumulated under discriminatory conditions.
(vii)
● “secures its dominance by not seeming to be anything
in particular” (1).
● Constructed as a broad social category – as a race – in
connection with demographic shifts of the mid-twentieth
century, especially the preponderance of European
Americans in suburbs (7) .
7. Home ownership
● Is a chance disproportionately available to
whites, in part because of discriminatory lending
practices (6-7) and in part because white people
are most likely to have inherited wealth
generated by past discriminatory practices.
● Costs of home ownership have increased
greatly in comparison to other prices since the
Civil Rights movement of the 1960s (15).
● Is one of the primary means by which wealth is
passed from one generation to the next, and
thus one of the primary means by which past
inequity is perpetuated (16).
8. Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
● Born Carson Smith;
married Reeves
McCullers, 1937 (divorced
1941; second marriage of
the couple 1945-1953).
● The Heart Is a Lonely
Hunter, published 1940,
was McCullers’s first
published novel.
● Key terms (for our
purposes):
● Southern Gothic
Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1959
● Autobiographical fiction
9. Southern Gothic
● Adopts several conventions of more traditional
Gothic sensibilities to the setting and language of
the American South.
● These conventions include:
● An emphasis on the grotesque, macabre, or fantastic
incidents.
● A setting that often includes old or ruined buildings,
desolate locations, etc.
● A narrative technique that “develops a brooding
atmosphere of gloom or terror,” as M.H. Abrams puts it.
● Often, plots that deal with extreme emotional or
psychological states.
10. “Miss [sic] McCullers’ picture of loneliness, death,
accident, insanity, fear, mob violence and terror is
perhaps the most desolate that has so far come from the
South. […] This is not so much a novel as a projected
mood, a state of mind, poetically objectified in words, an
attitude externalised in naturalistic detail.”
—Richard Wright, review in The New Republic
“Few writers, however, are as consistent and
thoroughgoing as Carson McCullers in creating a
sustained body of work. Her novels and short stories, set
beside those of her contemporaries, seem more nearly of
one piece. This underlying unity is partly the result of her
prevailing theme of loneliness and desire, partly the
working of the special sensibility which colors her
perception of people and events.”
—Dayton Kohler, “Carson McCullers: Variations on a
Theme,” College English (1951)
11. Loneliness
● Much writing of the early twentieth century tended to
associate loneliness with urban life and modernity, as
an effect of the urban individual’s separation from the
small community that had been the most common
setting for American life until the 20th century.
“Loneliness, far from being a rare and curious circumstance,
is and always has been the central and inevitable
experience of every man.” (You Can’t Go Home Again 426;
ch. 31)
● Loneliness as a basic characteristic of human
experience is a common theme of mid-twentieth
century writing.
“It was funny, too, how lonesome a person could be in a
crowded house.” (53; ch. 3)
12. “There was no noise or conversation, for each person seemed
to be alone. The mutual distrust between the men who were
just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave
everyone a feeling of estrangement.” (30; ch. 2)
13. Speech and communication
● “his plump hands shaped the words ‘Holy Jesus,’
or ‘God,’ or ‘Darling Mary.’ These were the only
words Antonapoulos ever said. Singer never
knew just how much his friend understood of all
the things he told him. But it did not matter.” (5;
ch. 1)
● “Antonapoulos sat stolidly and made obscene
gestures when they came too close to him.” (94;
ch. 6)
● “He [Biff] was sorry he had talked to Alice. With
her silence was better. Being around that woman
always made him different from his real self.”
(15; ch. 2)
14. ● “But most of the time nobody was sure just
what he [Jake] was saying. Talk—talk—talk.
The words came out of his throat like a
cataract. And the thing was that the accent he
used was always changing, the kinds of words
he used. Sometimes he talked like a linthead
and sometimes like a professor. He would use
words a foot long and then slip up on his
grammar.” (17; ch. 2)
● “He would start all over with them, but in a
different way. He would bring out their lessons
and talk with them. They would sit close
together and look at their mother. He would talk
and talk, but none of them would understand.”
(81; ch. 5)
15. ● “‘It don’t take words to make a quarrel,’ Portia
said.” (75; ch. 5)
● “Doctor Copeland did not know how to begin.
Sometimes he thought that he had talked so
much in the years before to his children and
they had understood so little that now there was
nothing at all to say.” (83; ch. 5).
● “Doctor Copeland tried to speak, but his voice
seemed lost somewhere deep inside him.” (89;
ch. 5)
● “Mick loved to go up to Mister Singer’s room.
Even if he was a deaf-and-dumb mute he
understood every word she said to him. Talking
to him was like a game.” (91; ch. 5)
16. “Mick drew the big block letters very slowly. At
the top she wrote EDISON, and under that she
drew the names of DICK TRACY and
MUSSOLINI. Then in each corner with the
largest letters of all, made with green and
outlined in red, she wrote her initials – M.K.
When that was done she crossed over to the
opposite wall and wrote a very bad word –
PUSSY – and beneath that she put her initials,
too. […] She hummed one of the tunes, and
after a while in the hot, empty house by herself
she felt the tear come in her eyes. Her throat
got tight and rough and she couldn’t sing any
more. Quickly she wrote the fellow’s name at
the very top of the list – MOTSART.” (38; ch. 2)
17. The town
● “The town was in the middle of the deep South.
[…] On the main street there were several
blocks of two- and three-story shops and
business offices. But the largest buildings in the
town were the factories, which employed a
large percentage of the population.” (6; ch. 1)
● “It was always funny how many people could
crowd in from nowhere when anything out of
the ordinary happened.” (27; ch. 2)
18. Jake leaned against the counter. “Say, what kind of
a place is this town?”
“Ordinary,” Brannon said. “About like any other
place the same size.”
“What population?”
“Around thirty thousand.”
Jake opened the package of tobacco and rolled
himself a cigarette. His hands were shaking. “Mostly
mills?”
“That’s right. Four big cotton mills – those are the
main ones. A hosiery factory. Some gins and
sawmills.”
“What kind of wages?”
“I’d say around ten or eleven a week on the
average—but then of course they get laid off now and
then.”
(60; ch. 4)
19. Reminders
● The bookstore is going to start returning
textbooks to publication houses on April 30. If
you’re planning on buying textbooks from the
bookstore in the UCen, but haven’t yet done so,
now is a good time to do it.
● Papers are due at the beginning of lecture one
week from today.
● The last day to drop (for students in the College
of Letters and Science) is Friday, 27 April.
● I know you’re not planning on dropping this course.
I’m just giving you a friendly reminder.
20. Media Credits
Photo of Carson McCullers (slide 8) comes from the
Carl Van Vechten Collection at the U.S. Library of
Congress, and copyright on this collection has
expired. Source:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/
Carsonmccullers.jpg
Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks (1942; slide 12) is still
under copyright, but is being used for teaching
purposes, in order to discuss the painter in the context
of a course discussing twentieth-century American
culture, and is a low-resolution copy not suitable for
producing quality copies of the original work. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nighthawks.jpg