FOUCAULT
Michele Foucault seems to be an obvious lens through which to view the faculty readings at the College of Saint Rose English Symposium. Sex was in the air - everywhere - although the act itself wasn’t specifically taking place (as far as I know).
Foucault says:
According to the new pastoral, sex must not be named imprudently, but its aspects, [...]
According to Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality, the analysis and discourse performed in an attempt to control and suppress sex are the very forces that give power to the topic.
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leads to
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In Religious Practice:
Foucault says that classification of sexual behavior and thought, in order to regulate its restriction, brought about a discourse that never existed prior. Breaking through [...]
A Research Proposal:
In Anne Brontë’s novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the character of Helen Graham challenges the inequality of gender in society. This inequality, at worst, fosters abuse and the silent oppression of women while, at the very least, it reproduces the same oppressive social system from generation to generation. Helen’s debate at the [...]
Again:
Why must women carry the shame of violation when men are guilty of committing the crime?
I can’t depart from this nagging question. Lucy, her life changed forever, still won’t talk. She can do no more than survive, engaging with the culture of the time, marrying a man for protection, giving up her land, and doing it all at the expense [...]
So, we return this week to J. M. Coetzee’s novel, Disgrace, and the lower-than-snake-shit-in-the-track-of-a-wagon-wheel main character, Dr. Lurie…
DAVID AS COLONIZER
David is the epitome of a colonizing political force, defining women in terms of ”other.” He sees them as uncivilized and ignorant sexual beings until, once conquered by his desire, they benefit from the experience of knowing him. Melanie is complicit in this [...]
by J. M. Coetzee
Reading around the blogs, its always interesting to see what other people find outrageous or dysfunctional. I don’t get why Professor David Lurie is so shocking as a character. I need guidance from you good wholesome folk. I know I’m far too desensitized.
For five years I lived on the road with a band who had little respect for their wives and [...]
Is anyone else missing pages 130-131 in the handout? With this omission in mind, the following is what I’ve gleaned from our reading:
COLONIALISM’S DOMINO EFFECT
That colonialism instills the idea of other is nothing new. This topic has been addressed in literature since the time of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” and probably before. Thanks to the English Empire, [...]
READING
To wrap my head around a concept, I allow my mind full immersion. This is how I first attempt understanding. Sometimes I let it wash over me twice. When the final spin cycle stops, I am pretty successfully brainwashed. So yes, at this stage I am complicit in allowing theory to use me. I let it shape my view so I can better see what the [...]
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