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The production of spectacle : verbal and visual elements in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
No full textAs Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra was first staged, much of Renaissance Europe was engaging in a debate around artistic production. Painting and poetry were set against each other to determine which could produce the best representation of nature or surpass it altogether. What we see with theater, however, is that it occupies a unique position in the world of artistic production because it is capable of presenting the two, seemingly opposite forms of representation: the verbal and the visual. Examining the discourse around art production in early modern England reveals how the construction of Antony and Cleopatra's famous scenes reflects debates around representational mediums. Shakespeare's interchange between verbal and visual representation produces shifting characterization of the play's iconic figures. Since the two mediums work simultaneously to produce different images, the characters are often paradoxical and unpredictable. From here, it is possible to trace how Antony and Cleopatra's distinctive characterization has become a cornerstone of its legacy. By looking at the production history of the play, it is apparent that its critical reception relies on a production's awareness of shifting artistic mediums, complex representational choices, and paradoxical figures.Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Literature in English, 2022Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Departure time change to avoid crowd in trains: A stated choice experiment study in the Netherlands in a pandemic context
No full textCrowding in trains during rush hour is known to cause discomfort. After the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, crowding has also been highlighted as a risk factor for catching Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) such as COVID-19 which has affected the demand of public transport. Several countries, including the Netherlands, have differential fare systems for peak and off-peak travel, however, the problem of overcrowding in trains is still prevalent and is expected to cause more disutility than before the pandemic. To reduce peak hour rush, change in departure time has proven to be an effective measure. In this research first a review of previous experiments related to valuation of crowding and departure time change is performed. And then an exploratory study based on a stated choice experiment is conducted to understand the extent to which people can be motivated to change departure time to avoid crowded trains during rush hours by offering them real time information on on-board crowding level and a discount on train fare. Unlike previous studies, the respondents are segregated into two groups before the start of choice experiment based on their indicated preference to schedule delay early or late. To study the change in travel behavior in the pandemic time, context of different vaccination stages is provided in the choice experiment. Background information collected in the experiment is broadly categorised as: socio-demographics, travel and work related factors, and attitude towards health and COVID-19. After the responses are analysed it is found that the coefficients obtained for main attributes are highly significant, and in line with previous research. When most of the people are vaccinated in the Netherlands, they may become less averse to on-board crowding. The research also indicates that certain groups of people can be motivated to change their departure time if real-time crowding information is provided to them. Few others can be motivated by offering incentives. However it should be noticed that to allow people to change departure time, policies such as flexible work hours and staggered commute are required in workplaces. Transport, Infrastructure and Logistic
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
On not closing the loop: empathy, ethics, and transcultural witnessing
No full textThat an empathic response to testimonies can lead to altruism is a key assumption of much cultural research on trauma and witnessing, which prides itself on its ethical commitment. Most trauma theorists also agree that empathy is to be distinguished from forms of affective involvement that do not recognize and respect the otherness of the other, and which are variously referred to as sympathy, projective identification, incorporation, or crude empathy. While this caveat against imperialism and appropriation is meant to prevent empathy from turning into a closed-loop process, canonical trauma theory itself has been plagued by Eurocentrism from its inception, as it tends not to adequately address the sufferings of members of non-Western or minority groups. In this essay, I will discuss the challenges that transcultural witnessing poses for empathic understanding and ethical thinking, using both theoretical and literary texts as examples, and focusing specifically on Dave Eggers’s novel What Is the What. Published by McSweeney’s in 2006, What Is the What, subtitled The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, is a collaborative first-person testimony that tells the story of a refugee from the second Sudanese civil war. I argue that in this book Eggers manages both to stay true to the continuing cultural demand for empathy with distant others and to defuse or counter the prevailing scepticism about the morality of empathic identification that tends to find such efforts hopelessly wanting. What Is the What does not resolve all the moral ambiguities surrounding transcultural witnessing, but it is unafraid to confront them and refuses to be paralysed by them. The novel harnesses feeling in the face of suffering while continually reminding the reader that Deng’s experiences are not his or hers to inhabit. Rather than solidifying an already existing community, it calls a community of otherwise distant and disconnected people into being for the purposes of alleviating suffering
Hamlet's "mousetrap" and Haider's "bismil" : a play-within-a-play/film, audience response, and cultural politics
Full text linkHamlet\u2019s plan to \u201ccatch the conscience of the king\u201d through performance \u2013 through players enacting the \u201cghost story\u201d he earlier heard about his father\u2019s death in \u201cThe Mousetrap\u201d\u2013 reveals the significance of theatre\u2019s effects within Shakespeare's play. Scholarly discussion around this critical moment has largely focused on structure and Claudius\u2019 viewing of both \u201cdumb show\u201d and The Murder of Gonzago, and this thesis adds to this discussion but focuses on audience response at a different magnitude by applying Brecht\u2019s ideas behind theatre, specifically the \u201calienation effect\u201d to re-visualize this self-reflexive scene. This larger focus includes the reaction and perception of Gertrude, Ophelia, and members of the court, as well as the audience of Hamlet viewing this play-within-a-play. I also apply this method to an analysis of the cultural politics of \u201cThe Mousetrap\u201d scene of Vishal Bhardwaj\u2019s Bollywood film adaptation, Haider (2014), which further complicates our understanding of audience response by contextualizing it within politics and history. In Haider, the audience is bigger than Claudius; the audience now includes the people of Kashmir and India, and the viewer of the film, and the message is not merely a condemnation of a murder, but a critique on the current political climate and a call to critically engage with the issues of the \u201cdisappeared\u201d in Kashmir. Looking at Hamlet and Haider through these lenses informs our understanding of thematic conflicts between action and acting, and between performance and reality, and it helps us rethink modern concerns like the surveillance state and the intersection of art, reality, and politics within our own lives.Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Literature in English, 2016Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-41
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