CUNY Academic Commons | Stephanie Ohler | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/sohler/activity/ Activity feed for Stephanie Ohler. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a367ae005313e399c60bf03a0be7455e Stephanie Ohler wrote a new post on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=299 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:37:05 -0400 The author I chose to research  for our final presentation is Sarah Orne Jewett.  I read two articles about her life: one from LitFinder Contemporary Collection, published in 2007 and another called “ […]

]]> 024ad33179729af5c322035a9233ef37 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday August 12, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-wednesday-august-12/#comment-230 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:43:43 -0400 To me, the most memorable part of “Landscape, History and the Pueblo Imagination” was the Pueblo’s migration story. Silko describes their journey into the “Fifth World” through a tiny hole that had to be expanded […]

]]> 5ef8eeb55317e8704eb07c1b3bd872d1 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday, August 11th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-tuesday-august-11th/#comment-217 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:05:35 -0400 I believe the little girl, Sylvia, is the true hero in this short story. The story prioritizes animal kinship over violence because in the end Sylvia decides to remain quiet and keep her knowledge of the white […]

]]> 6bec4caae4300a6d7bea6d972447940b Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Thursday August 6th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-thursday-august-6th/#comment-198 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:15:55 -0400 In his article “Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction”, Rob Latham discusses the evolution of science fiction writing in terms of invasion and colonization. He discusses several nov […]

]]> 2b7fdd5ed238ad57edf2965463463315 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday August 5th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-wednesday-august-5th/#comment-179 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:06:43 -0400 Douglas Barbour’s essay “Wholeness and Balance in the Hainish Novels of Ursula K. Le Guin” discusses the themes of light and darkness that are prevalent in Le Guin’s books that are set in the Hainish univers […]

]]> 8b64f6cb2363e19d0d2db00f0a8660a9 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday August 4th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-tuesday-august-4th/#comment-164 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:07:33 -0400 While the story may be seen as a failure to colonize the Athsheans, I choose to view it as a victory for the Athsheans and for nature in general. With the promise of the Terrans leaving their planet and never […]

]]> 21175464767d0144b1925b52d66f67a8 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Monday August 3, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-monday-august-3/#comment-152 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 15:00:16 -0400 One of the many differences between the Athsheans and the Terrans is their sleep cycles. The Athsheans run on a “polycyclic” sleep cycle, sleeping in small bursts of time rather than overnight, which means the […]

]]> 6c6935dc4f8e4bc3c86ffa97ed4f3ce7 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 30th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-thursday-july-30th/#comment-138 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:22:06 -0400 The opening of Chaper 2 describes Selvan’s journey through the woods, noting things like the “roots of copper willows, thick and ridged”(25) and “tiny mushrooms that sprouted in circles”(25), showing his deep […]

]]> a32ee87f1c39e75e9ee42f26a0c09394 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 29th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-wednesday-july-29th/#comment-122 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:12:45 -0400 In response to Victoria’s question: How do Nature and Enlightenment coincide with each other? How do they contrast each other?

In the beginning of the book, nature and the idea of Enlightenment coincide when […]

]]> c055137cd90bccce8ec478d9d8b262cf Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 29th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-wednesday-july-29th/#comment-114 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:52:41 -0400 ENLIGHTENMENT IN FRANKENSTEIN

-Enlightenment era: an intellectual movement in Europe during the 17th to 19th centuries
-The Enlightenment era popularized the discipline of science, as well as humanity and […]

]]> 93b459342c03551c04d294d23ee52f11 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday July 28th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-tuesday-july-28th/#comment-98 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:52:32 -0400 Although Victor originally agrees to create a female companion for the creature in order to protect his friends and family from the violence of the creature, he is deeply conflicted about creating another creature […]

]]> 241cf5f4334c069c79c0a623811372e2 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Monday July 27th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-monday-july-27th/#comment-84 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:39:01 -0400 Victor believes the creature to be innately evil, but reading the creature’s story of his journey from Victor’s apartment to the forest outside of Geneva was heartbreaking and shows how he slowly became evil due […]

]]> 1503b7e74a71f64b5e37fd3ae9de9452 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 23rd, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-for-thursday-july-23rd/#comment-65 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:45:45 -0400 When Victor Frankenstein meets the creature in the Alps, the creature is surprisingly eloquent and intellectual. He speaks to Victor about loneliness and the desire for acceptance, believing that Victor should […]

]]> 6013f810481d962a1bf256314d4c29c9 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, In-Class Blog Post, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/in-class-blog-post/#comment-26 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:40:17 -0400 In Act III, Ariel appears as a “harpy” to Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio, representing the tempest as a half bird, half woman mythological creature. In his speech claims that the men have been stranded on this uni […]

]]> 756b11589fab198f9c1f515f4d298978 Stephanie Ohler commented on the post, Homework prompt for July 15th, on the site Environmental Literature https://environmentallit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/homework-prompt-for-july-15th/#comment-10 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 22:01:19 -0400 The two different conspiracy plots for murder are in Acts II and III are remarkably similar, yet have a few key differences. Both conspiracy plots are being planned so the conspirators can improve their station […]

]]> c31e8c2198da2d1eee73936646362630 Stephanie Ohler became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/679299/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:16:54 -0400