12. “The whole of France is steeped in this
anonymous ideology: our press, our
cinema, our theatre, our popular literature,
our ceremonies, our Justice, our
diplomacy, our conversations, our remarks
on the weather, the crimes we try, the
wedding we are moved by, the cooking we
dream of, the clothes we wear…”
13. “…everything, in our everyday life,
contributes to the representation
that the bourgeoisie makes for itself
and for us of the relationships
between man and the world”
- Roland Barthes (emphasis mine)
23. • Constituents of a story.
• Major events (kernels) and minor events
(satellites)
24. The Post-Modern Educator?
Macro-sequence 1: Plurality of voices allowed.
– Prof Talib gets us to introduce ourselves
• Everyone shares their goals for the class
– Prof Talib teaches with PowerPoint
• Various voices are heard
25. The Post-Modern Educator?
Macro-sequence 2: Power structures reversed.
– Micro-sequence 1: Deciding the format of the
class
• Prof Talib gives autonomy to class to decide format
• Jovi responds with a proposal
• Jovi presents proposal in class
– Micro-sequence 2: Educating the students
• Prof Talib lectures again
• People ask him questions after class
• He requests that people who asked him questions
present their ideas the next week
30. METANARRATIVES
should give way to
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(Lyotard)
48. • “Ants and bees worked together as a single
unit, and were prepared to die for the greater
good of the colony.” – “Bees and ants ‘operate
in teams’” BBC News, 23 March 2009
Story: What narrative is; its content, consisting of events, actions, time, and location Discourse: How the narrative is told: arrangement, emphasis, de-emphasis, magnification/diminution of any of the elements of the content (1.2)
Story: What narrative is; its content, consisting of events, actions, time, and location Discourse: How the narrative is told: arrangement, emphasis, de-emphasis, magnification/diminution of any of the elements of the content (1.2) The medium is an environment that produces effects The effects of media come from their form and not from their contentThe medium itself is the ultimate message
Story: What narrative is; its content, consisting of events, actions, time, and location Discourse: How the narrative is told: arrangement, emphasis, de-emphasis, magnification/diminution of any of the elements of the content (1.2) The medium is an environment that produces effects The effects of media come from their form and not from their contentThe medium itself is the ultimate message
French literary theorist, philosopher, critic
French literary theorist, philosopher, critic
Students of English Language and LiteratureNational University of Singapore Discuss Narrative Structures in the context of a classroom
New narrative of the classroom ought to reflect the importance and relevance of small stories, because this is the new meta-narrative of the age
New narrative of the classroom ought to reflect the importance and relevance of small stories, because this is the new meta-narrative of the age
New narrative of the classroom ought to reflect the importance and relevance of small stories, because this is the new meta-narrative of the age
