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... Anthropology of Science Fiction Page 169 12 I think of this second class of science fiction as postmodern, since it tends to share with other literary experiments an intensified use of language, ... authors of science fiction, if you care to make these often trivial generic distinctions—tend to flirt with the idea of the soft machine, often using it as a metaphor for their own acts of creation, ... Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by George E Slusser and Eric S Rabkin, 1987 Aliens The Anthropology of Science Fiction Page Aliens The Anthropology of Science Fiction Edited by George

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:55

... the cohesive harmony of the text; to a summary of the context of situation of the text in terms of the three contextual parameters: field, tenor and mode. 2. The Context of the Chosen Text ... 2, 2005 28 The meaning and structure of a science fiction story: a sysyemic functional analysis Hoang Van Van (*) (*) Assoc.Prof.Dr., School of Graduate Studies - VNU. 1. Introduction ... first time. The “what is going on?” of the text is well represented in the experiential component of meaning. From the point of view of transitivity, of the 36 clauses 17 are material process

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 20:20

... in Agamben’s explanation of biopolitics is that of bare life, which refers to the biological life of human beings which becomes an object of political decisions. Bare life (or naked life) is a political ... (Children of Men) and Chapter 5 (28 Weeks Later). 4 BIOPOLITICS IN SCIENCE FICTION FILMS AN EXPLORATION OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICIZATION OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL LIFE IN CINEMA ABSTRACT This ... a sacrifice, and sacred life – that is, life that may be killed but not sacrificed – is the life that has been captured in this sphere. 41 For Agamben, the paradoxical nature of bare life lies

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 12:55

... documenting of the body in District 9 (2009). The body in the science fiction genre has long been a site of conflict. In one of the texts often acknowledged as one of the earliest forms of science fiction, ... make a note of the prominence of the themes of memory and modern technology in Science Fiction films and their relevance to these two films, both of which are from that genre. Science Fiction films ... and Clunkers: Why Science Fiction Film is Not Science Fiction Literature and Why That’s Not So Bad”. The Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking Science Fiction Film in the Age of Electronic (Re)production. Westport,

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 17:14

... in Agamben’s explanation of biopolitics is that of bare life, which refers to the biological life of human beings which becomes an object of political decisions. Bare life (or naked life) is a political ... (Children of Men) and Chapter 5 (28 Weeks Later). 4 BIOPOLITICS IN SCIENCE FICTION FILMS AN EXPLORATION OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICIZATION OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL LIFE IN CINEMA ABSTRACT This ... a sacrifice, and sacred life – that is, life that may be killed but not sacrificed – is the life that has been captured in this sphere. 41 For Agamben, the paradoxical nature of bare life lies

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 16:41

... grammatical and lexical cohesion analyses for the cohesive harm ony of the text; to a summary of the context of situation of the text in term s of the th ree contextual Introd u ction What is a text? To ... man n Assoc Prof Dr , School of G raduate Studies - VNU 28 The m e aning and structure o f a science fiction storv: A sysyemic 29 Clauses and Clause Complexes Analysis The analysis of the text ... the first time The “w hat is going on?” of the text is well represented in the experiential component of meaning From the point, of view of transitivity, of the 36 clauses 17 are m aterial process

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2017, 19:46

... T.xxI, Số 2, 2005 The meaning and structure of a science fiction story: a sysyemic functional analysis Hoang Van Van(*) grammar and meaning of a science fiction story as a text The procedures and ... the (*) Assoc.Prof.Dr., School of Graduate Studies - VNU 28 The meaning and structure of a science fiction story: A sysyemic 29 Clauses and Clause Complexes Analysis The analysis of the text into ... terms of the address of all the preceding members in the chain Tables and summarise the total number of references, the number of clauses, the number of cohesive ties in the text and the number of

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2020, 04:08

... ideas; • Exploit science fiction for educational purposes and as a means of promoting critical thinking; • Explore the interplay of science and science fiction? ?– throughout the history of the genre ... World of Space He keeps a reading list of science fiction featuring reasonable astronomy at: www.astrosociety.org/scifi Fraknoi was the Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ... loves throughout my life, eventually becoming an astronomy professor who also wrote science fiction novels steeped in astrophysics To me, the distinguishing element of science fiction has always

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2020, 17:04

... with a difference, frames the events of a story to produce a sense of homecoming and completion. Let’s watch a class act pull it off: Peter Matthiessen, no less, in “The Island at the End of the ... in search of the snow leopard now cruises with a wildlife tour. What drew Matthiessen to South Georgia, he says, was a longing to see “the astonishing bounty of life on the shores of those white, ... harass and peck them until they are exhausted. So much life, all of it noisy (the seals “blart”), all of it beau- tiful, all in danger of some kind, and the great ones are gone. A couple living

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... only sign of what’s coming is the wind direction; it shifts rest- lessly from quadrant to quadrant all afternoon. At four o’clock it’s out of the southeast.An hour later it’s out of the south-southwest. ... feel wrong if a chunk of the shape is missing. Do you think Sebastian Junger should have stopped his book in midstorm, just because the Andrea Gail sank? No. Of course not. The wave of events ... monotonous.You can just tell it has to swell about here.” Some of you could probably take that kind of musical knowing to a different level. Can you think of certain pieces as ballads, others as sonatas or

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... the length of their bodies in less than a second [by means of a ring of muscle] Rings of muscle aren’t mandatory for sticking out a tongue, however, as demon- strated by many species of frogs ... Nitty Gritty of Writing 103 tongues, has been studying a variant of this technique in the African pig-nosed frog The very different tongues of the pig-nosed frog and the marine toad are suited for different ... a nice job of suppressing much knowledge that could have confused the picture: the other causes of high blood pressure, for example; the other part of the kidney problem; the names of the various

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... plenty of room to write reactions and correc- tions.You can scrawl whole new paragraphs, if you like. Give thought as well to your typeface, because if your Refining Your Draft The first law of intelligent ... ago that serif typefaces, the ones with high-rising l’s and h’s and with little cross strokes (serifs) across the top or bottom of many letters, are easier to read than sans serif types, the ... Serifs make letters and words look more different from one another, so that sustained reading takes less effort. To test this notion, put a piece of paper horizontally half covering a line of

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... words and ideas. If you go overboard out of sheer exuberance, the worst-case scenario is that you’ve left your- self a big menu of possible deletions. If you are suspicious of a passage yet see ... will be one of layering and enrichment. The various readers are vaguely aware of one another, and if their own path is clear, I believe they are reassured to see that you are taking care of everybody. ... about “Out of all that richness, I’m perfumery in the court of to focus in on the obsession.” Elizabeth I] “This scent obsession started long before ” (Diane Ackerman, Natural History of the

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... constructions out of your brain. Have you fallen in love with a major character of your story? Or in hate? Either way, you will feel uneasy as you write. Most of us know when our judgment is off, and ... Readers lose confidence if they feel that the writer is either ridiculing or flattering the subject. If you fear you may be tipping in either direction, remind yourself of professional norms. Call ... More often, polishing one nugget means you don’t know enough. You are huddling on an island of certainty in a sea of confu- sion and must launch into immersion. Are you acutely lost, in a state of

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... limited scope of the study, the biggest aim of the research is only to obtain a snapshot of the current practice of peer teaching in ESP classes at the College of Science, and of the survey subjects’ ... the use of peer teaching in ESP classes at the College of Science, VNU ” The primary aim of the study is to examine teachers and students’ perceptions of the peer teaching process, their difficulties ... important addition to the repertoire of teaching and learning activities that can enhance the quality of education As a teacher of ESP at the College of Science for six years I can find that

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:49

... question of. where Uexkiill, in his view of life as a unified entity, thought purposeful life was going. And yet UexkiiU's exposition of purpose and perception, of cycles and signaling, of ... question of. where Uexkiill, in his view of life as a unified entity, thought purposeful life was going. And yet UexkiiU's exposition of purpose and perception, of cycles and signaling, of ... as the Bridging of Two Elementary Rules 171 The Composition Theory of Nature 182 The Sufferance of Meaning 185 The Technique of Nature 190 Counterpoint as a Motif/Motive of Form Development

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 16:20

... OF WRITING SCIENCE FICTION THAT SELLS BEN BOVA Author of Mars and Millenium This book is based on Notes to a Science Fiction Writer, © 1975 and 1981 by Ben Bova The Craft of Writing Science Fiction ... about science fiction writing, although the techniques for writing science fiction can be used for any kind of fiction writing. There are three main reasons for concentrating on science fiction, ... mean by science fiction. DEFINITION Science fiction stories are those in which some aspect of future science or high technology is so integral to the story that, if you take away the science...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 20:20

... splendid precincts of her mind. And in doing so, she’d bestow just the sorts of insights you’ll find in the pages of this book. I speak now not of such matters of common sense and good profes- sional ... learn by doing and reading any kind of writing—so long as it’s good. Poetry will sharpen your sense of the power of a single word. Fiction will show you a trove of technique, for the human mind ... whether you know or whether you sort of know. Daily life gives you dozens of opportunities to experience both mental sensations—pay attention. In daily life, we “sort of ” know a lot: addresses, for...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:47

... Effect of different grades of Carbopol ® polymers on the release of ketoprofen using Franz diffusion cells with hplc and uv spectrophotometric analysis )5( =n 148 Figure 5.33 Effect of different ... ensuring the tidiness of the laboratory. The Dean and Head, Professor Isadore Kanfer and the staff of the Faculty of Pharmacy for the use of departmental facilities. Professor Roger Verbeeck ... development of the first pharmaceutical transdermal patch of scopolamine for motion sickness in the early 1980s heralded acceptance of the benefits and applicability of this method of administration of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2013, 19:17

... 115; for writing, 26 Science, viewed as a puzzle, 15–16 Science (journal), 68 Science News, 100–103; value of sub- scribing, 68 Science writers: education of, xii; temperament of, 5–6 (see also Temperament; ... collaboration of writers and editors, 137–138; science writing as public service, 15, 18, 38–41, 119; of scientific openness, 33 Ignorance as asset, 4 Information out of date, 65 Intelligence of readers, ... of us tense up when we sit down to write. But fortunately, the How of writing is not the heart of the matter, and we all once knew it. Since you are reading this book, you were probably one of those...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 19:15