CUNY Academic Commons | Saikou Sounounou Bah | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/saikoubah2020/activity/ Activity feed for Saikou Sounounou Bah. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c1b3bddf1cb437159aae39b39b335da7 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1412 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:31:57 -0500 By reading the end of the story, the author Herman Melville describes Benito Cereno as a hero who has managed to save his life and the lives of some Spanish sailors from the rebelled slaves. We see that Benito […]

]]> 91dccda0bdc3995cc48ad71e49984f55 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1253 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:32:56 -0400 Amadou Hampathe Ba

In the chapter 6 “Narrative” by Jonathan Culler, the author discusses about the correlation between event, plot and discourse. We realize that in the twentieth, the narrative has bec […]

]]> 45e1f7686948292835d8a1a489421a56 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog #4, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-4/#comment-423 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 23:47:32 -0400 I agree with you that we can find some metaphors in the poem and some author’s personal experience of life can influence to the their creations.

]]> 7dbca5bd33aa51cc8aa4c720a90d0a4b Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, #4: Rhetoric, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/4-rhetoric/#comment-421 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 23:39:44 -0400 I found your explanation on the metaphor very interesting, particularly how we can connect the words used as metaphor to our knowledge and experience to better understand poems.

]]> 077912bec3420fb1258d3a7e45687ca4 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1030 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 23:31:09 -0400 In the poem “The Sea is History” by Derek Walcott, we can identify poetic technique that Culler describes in chapter 5 and the first four lines in this poem illustrate that fact. in the first line he asks, “wh […]

]]> b265cad1424eb5f8a4fa23dcb91b452b Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog #3, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-3-2/#comment-250 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:44:55 -0400 I found interesting the relation you give between language and though, how each one can influence the other.

]]> 013ab3a16edd02b8518a0884fb049618 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog post #3, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-3-4/#comment-249 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:40:38 -0400 I agree with you when you said that the language is a system of differences and a system of concepts and forms.

]]> dc6d5bb6e6b0d2f2c8ac3cc49d013f06 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=841 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:19:50 -0400 In the “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation” by Culler, the author discusses the connection between language and meaning. One of the ideas from this chapter that attract my attention is literature language can […]

]]> d41037578aaeb130876a3bad025aa519 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog Post #2, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-2-6/#comment-160 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:08:29 -0400 I agree that the literature change according to the evolution of the society

]]> 624675740763f4efc1bd6a528535b6b5 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Literature as an aesthetic object, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/literature-as-an-aesthetic-object/#comment-159 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:05:10 -0400 I agree that the literature is the option that we can express in different ways.

]]> 02a1300f0e99b7f597ef3b70b7f4c0ae Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=686 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:58:02 -0400 In the “The nature of literature”, the author Culler defines “literature” from several angles. I found the angle “literature as fiction” the most interesting and useful. There are many ways to interpret o […]

]]> 2c058e6f898ba4e0585c64dc56db67a3 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog post #1, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-1-7/#comment-95 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:41:52 -0400 I agree with you and asking myself why the definition of literature is it difficult?

]]> 3daa5cdfb9893a7c1f84cb31933b1a44 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Blog post #1, on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-1-10/#comment-94 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:35:11 -0400 in the second paragraph, I totally agree with Geraldine that we can have different opinion regarding reading and interpreting what we understand about the text.

]]> b7b07daa402873225129612783b6d631 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=512 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:24:46 -0400 In the Literary Theory by Jonathan Culler, the most of important aspect of this section of the chapter is how it is difficult to give a definition of literature. According to the author, a child or some […]

]]> 6eb697014eb5350b79cd320ea416940c Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new post on the site ENG 102:Composition II (Fall 20) https://eng102fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=387 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:56:11 -0400 Hi everyone,

My name is Saikou Sounounou Bah, I am from Guinea that is in the west Africa. I have been living in United States  since 2015. I am a Laguardia student and my major is business administration. I […]

]]> cabf93d845135be9702b4428a9a2907b Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Blog Posts: Sonic Examples 2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-posts-sonic-examples-2/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:50:11 -0400 Blog Posts: Sonic Examples 2

Language communication is significant for interaction between different communities or cultures. Nowadays, many people are using the new digital technology to overcome the obstacle […]

]]> c5b2e2d937c59a2838b0e68fef51b383 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion # 7 Episodes 5 & 6 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-7-episodes-5-6/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:58:37 -0400 Ways of Hearing

 

Discussion questions for episodes 5 & 6

Episode 5

At the beginning of this episode, Krukowski asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have de […]

]]> bcadfcb13a0b1717a00355341840a111 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion 6 ( Episodes 3&4) in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-6-episodes-34/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 22:41:52 -0400 Episodes 3 and 4

 

Episode: 3

According to Krukowski, what are the main differences between a microphone and a cellphone and why is this difference important?

According to Krukowski, with the […]

]]> 390d06e7902e8c23c8926669203c9b8d Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, Ways of hearing Episode 1&2, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-hearing-episode-12/#comment-534 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:43:35 -0400 I share the same opinion when MAHMOUD said that people are using these technology devises such as headphone to get away from the real life.

]]> 9dfeb8aa6f56b93131f467532dd89128 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, blog post 5, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-5/#comment-533 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:28:44 -0400 I agree with this writer that it will be difficult to live without the technology such as smartphone and computer. On the other hand, we become dependent to those devises.

]]> 43dba613e5e2e5ef770c523f830c136c Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Ways of Hearing, Episode 1 & 2 Discussion # 5 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-hearing-episode-1-2-discussion-5/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:11:52 -0400 Ways of Hearing, Episode 1 & 2

Episode 1

The revolution between the analogue world and the digital world have changed our relationship to the time itself. In the digital world, there was not computers or […]

]]> 93ded492d6dd102dc01632f710e73621 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Blog Post # 5 - Sonic Examples in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-5-sonic-examples/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:19:19 -0400 Blog Post # 5 – Sonic Examples

Nowadays, digital technology is indispensable in the society where we are living. There is different king of devises; among them, the digital cellphone plays an important role in […]

]]> 53c5d8cc461380211e9d75b1ad511a88 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Ways of Hearing, Episode 1 & 2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-hearing-episode-1-2-2/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:09:14 -0400 Ways of Hearing, Episode 1 & 2

Episode 1

The revolution between the analogue world and the digital world have changed our relationship to the time itself. In the digital world, there was not computers or […]

]]> 75fcc712fd0ec9f28946907504d65524 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion # 4 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-4-6/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:59:34 -0400 In the Episode 4 by John Berger, we realize that images in the publicity influence consumers and it is very significant for them. As we see in the film, every detail in the advertising images is studied minutely […]

]]> dc18f86dacee1cfb33ce5b0773069478 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion 3 (ways of seeing) in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-3-ways-of-seeing/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:25:32 -0400 In the European painting, there are differences between nakedness and nude. Theses differences are more visible for women than men because of the tradition. For John Berger, being necked is to be oneself and being […]

]]> 83a81296f2d13eac5e867af1bca3f679 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Blog Post 3 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-3-2/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:05:28 -0400  

Briefly answer these questions:

Is the purpose of the essay to educate, announce, entertain, or persuade?

The purpose of the essay is to persuade, in the essay the instructor tells the student […]

]]> 72d53e3e1b33ca6c45a07da35a4730b5 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Blog 2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-2-2/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 19:00:05 -0400 Nowadays, in many situations we use camera to change images in order to give information to our viewers. That mean we can modify art through the camera and talk with the image for our own purpose. In the video […]

]]> 0923c8839928c93de443f55f81e0bea4 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion 2- ways of seeing Episode 1 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-2-ways-of-seeing-episode-1/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:53:40 -0400 In the “ways of seeing Episode 1” by John Berger, the author argues that what we see is conditioned by habits and conventions. As many people believe that seeing arts or something else is innate and impulsive; in […]

]]> 6fa2531e065a38ac213e64d032a42d65 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, How art can help you analiyze, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/how-art-can-help-you-analiyze/#comment-66 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:49:32 -0400 I agree with this opinion, particularly when this student makes a connection between observing art and how it can be benefit in our real life. Valentina also mentions that art can helps us to discover the missing things.

]]> 179f38e3e153f0021fd6a93285decd66 Saikou Sounounou Bah commented on the post, How Can Art Help Us Analyze?, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/how-can-art-help-us-analyze/#comment-64 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:31:01 -0400 I agree with this opinion when Jenell mentions about communication skill in the question how art can help us analyze? also in the essay, the student talked about hiding message in the art and gives example how a […]

]]> 100a0e9d3478ef3c17d54ba687b76529 Saikou Sounounou Bah wrote a new blog post Discussion question 1 (how art can help us analyze?) in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-question-1-how-art-can-help-us-analyze/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:06:24 -0400 For the question “how art can help us analyze?”, we see how presenters describes the importance of the art to improve the way we can see images and how to analyze them. Artists give information through their art […]

]]> dca036848fe25113ea5a7701423cd570 Saikou Sounounou Bah edited the blog post BLOG1 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog1/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:31:02 -0400 In the video “why art matters (why look at art?)” by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris we can choose clarity, fairness and significant from the textbook English composition to describe the intellectual sta […]

]]> 250bf257f2d12a36389ebbeadacd2acf Saikou Sounounou Bah became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677417/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:57:44 -0400