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The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
Mark Poster Letter to Kurt Forster, May 23, 1991
No full textOriginal file path: CTI_emails\CT-1991\FORSTEROriginal digital files were selected and transferred by Mark Poster to UCI Libraries via a portable hard drive then converted to PDF/A format by UCI Libraries' staff for access and preservation. Original file extensions are retained in the PDF file names
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: How to be a liberal with Ian Dunt
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, Ian Dunt - host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast and author of How to be a liberal - joins Mark Kenny to discuss the history of liberal thought, how it has shaped present day politics, and the origins of the ‘culture wars’. Have the culture wars emerged out of the failures of liberalism? Why haven’t contemporary political actors done more to protect people from prejudice and the tyranny of the majority? And is liberalism a natural corollary to democracy? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, author, political journalist and broadcaster Ian Dunt joins Professor Mark Kenny to discuss the history of political thought, present day politics, and liberalism’s trajectory
Forster and adaptation: across time, media and methodologies
No full textThe online international conference E. M. Forster: Shaping the Space of Culture: 4th conference of the International E.M. Forster Society, was convened to mark the 50th anniversary of Forster’s death. It replaced the in-person Forster 50 conference to have been held at Cambridge University in Apr 2020 (at which I was also an accepted speaker), which had to be cancelled at short notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The online conference attracted scholars and a wider audience from six continents, with a highly engaged audience for my paper.This paper seeks to advance conversations around Forster and adaptation – or Forsterian adaptation – by appraising the current state of Forster/ian adaptations scholarship and proposing conceptual and methodological tools for advancing the study of this field. As a cross-disciplinary scholar of film, adaptation, literature, popular and critical reception, and digitally enabled participatory culture, my more specific goal is to heighten and extend transdisciplinary awareness of the materials available to be studied, the available methodologies, and their merits and limitations, while identifying issues and challenges for the development of a Forster/ian Adaptation Studies.
Structurally, the paper proceeds by identifying ten ‘themes’ – or important considerations – for the study of Forster/ian adaptation. The ten themes look substantially beyond ‘page-to-screen’ adaptation studies to demonstrate the
roles and impacts of institutions, institutional practices, personal relations, the successive ‘new’ media of the past century and their advancing technologies and practices, commercial forces, and Forster’s literary estate (as the rights-holders
and royalties beneficiaries for his works). Via this approach I call for a closer, evidence-based, attention to film and media adaptation and production processes and their adaptational consequences; and foreground the importance of the
visual and unscripted – performed, embodied, intangible and even accidental – elements and determinants of audio-visual adaptation.
Temporally, the paper proposes that there have been three phases of Forster/ian adaptation. Phase 1 (1942–1973) comprises those adaptations of Forster’s stories and novels written and produced (broadly) during his lifetime, always for non-cinematic media. Phase 2 comprises the 1984–1992 era of the Forster feature-films cycle, instigated by a (widely
disregarded) institutional shift which brought a step-change in the nature of Forster adaptation: for the first time, the development of new adaptations of Forster’s novels, going back to the source, became the norm. Phase 3 comprises
everything that comes after the 1984–1992 Forster feature films and also certain earlier adaptations which fall outside the ‘classic adaptation’ category. This third (and current) phase is characterised by its heterogeneity: adaptation to a range of
media, across a range of forms and aesthetic approaches, but, I propose, spanning four main areas: Sci-Fi Forster; Queer Forster; The Revisionist or Condescending Forster Adaptation; and twenty-first-century Forsterian Bio-Drama, Bio-Fiction and ‘Literary’ Paratexts
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #3]
No full textPoor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Full circle with Scott Ludlam
No full textOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Scott Ludlam, former Greens Deputy Leader and author of the new book Full Circle: A search for the world that comes next, joins Mark Kenny to discuss what he learnt from his time in politics and Australian climate policy. What role do corporate and private interests play in shaping Australian policy-making? Will the country make changes to political donation rules to make the system more transparent? And how can Australia make meaningful progress on climate policy? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with former Greens Senator Scott Ludlam about Australian politics, his new book, and Section 44 of the Constitution
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Truth is trouble with Malcolm Knox
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, award-winning journalist and author Malcolm Knox joins Mark Kenny to discuss the saga of Israel Folau - former star rugby union player sacked for sharing anti-LGBTQ views on social media - and how free speech got so complicated. The sacking of former star player Israel Folau by Rugby Australia for his comments on social media once again revealed faultlines which had recently been laid bare during Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite. So what did the saga reveal about freedom of expression in Australia? What is the significance of groups like the Australian Christian Lobby in Australia’s public discourse? And, with ‘free speech’ very much a political battleground, what might the future hold? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with Australian journalist and author Malcolm Knox about the Israel Folau issue, Australia’s evangelical movement, and the ‘culture wars’. This episode was recorded live as part of the ANU/Canberra Times ‘Meet the Author’ series
Vertical sequences in turbidite successions : fact or fiction?
No full textThe Angola Basin, cored during DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project) Leg 75, reveals datasets from two distinctly different turbidite systems - the Cretaceous gren fan and the Upper Miocene to Recent brown fan. More quantitative techniques with a higher resolution data-set enable the detection of more intricate smaller-scale sequence trends and also enables an assessment of previously documented broader sequences. The general interpretation of fan development is subsequently modified to account for the increased sequence definition. The results of vertical sequence analysis upon two Upper Miocene to Pliocene cores from ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) Leg 116 in the distal Bengal Fan illustrate the interplay between turbidite deposition and tectonics. This study shows how periodic times of active faulting and associated local uplift, affect the production of differential sequence architecture between terminal lobe successions. The study also elucidates the role of topography and flow restricting barriers upon turbidite thickness. Another area of study, in the Late Oligocene Izu Bonin forearc basin, included the sequence analysis of volcaniclastic turbidites and debrites cored from three laterally equivalent sites. These were selected because active forearc basin settings are not widely documented and therefore poorly understood. The results of the study of sequences in the basin show quantitative proof of seismic controls upon gravity flow propagation.Despite the increasing knowledge of the planform geometries and processes acting in modern-day deep-water systems, most sequence types are always related to old models based upon field studies. Two investigations were included in the thesis to document the types of sequences found in two well studied field areas and to offer support to the studies on the extensive vertical cores. Firstly, the validity of compensation cycles, which have been identified and commonly referred to in studies of lobe and lobe-fringe settings, was assessed through the study of successions from the Hecho Basin, south-central Pyrenees. The present study found no evidence that documented cyclic thickening-upwards sequences exist in such settings. This is thought to be a function of the greater complexity which exists as a result of a number of intrabasinal controls upon lobe deposition. (DX191317)</p
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #2]
No full textPoor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #1]
No full textMagazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
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