In A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry uses stage directions to contribute in the portrayal of the characters and environment of the play to the reader. The use of detailed stage directions help readers decipher the c […]
Herman Melville depicts slavery in his novella Benito Cereno as a violent and dehumanizing act. I believe Melville depicted slavery in its most realistic and explicit regard which is brutal, barbaric and dark. […]
A film that I recently watched in which the narrative included a plot and discourse as introduced by Jonathan Culler in Chapter 6 of “Narrative” is Parasite by Bong Joon-Ho. The plot of Parasite circles […]
A poetic technique mentioned by Culler in Chapter 5 of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction that I was able to identify in “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich was the use of metaphors. Culler states, […]
An idea from the chapter, “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation,” by Jonathan Culler that I found most interesting regarding the relationship between language and meaning was the role of intention in the […]
Cullers’ take on the different angles of literature was thought-provoking and the angle I found to be the most useful and interesting was his explanation of literature as intertextual or […]
I like to write stories based on my thoughts/feelings through poems and short stories. I am quite reserved with my emotions and through writing I can express myself without vocally expressing […]
I think your point was really interesting when you mentioned that literature has a human universal trait that it is on a constant journey of self discovery. I’ve never thought that as humans we would have any s […]
Chaewon Lee
What is Literature and Does it Matter?
1. After reading the chapter What is literature and does it matter? I think the most important aspect of this section was when Culler drew an analo […]
