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Lexicon the Misery of War As Seen in Stephen Crane's War
LEXICON VOLUME 2 Number 1, April 2013 Page 57 - 65 THE Misery OF WAR AS SEEN IN STEPHEN CRANE’S WAR IS KIND AND Walt WHITMAN’S DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS Luqman Nur Chandra INTISARI Artikel ini mendiskusikan hasil penelitian terhadap dua puisi, yaitu puisi berjudul War is Kind yang ditulis oleh Stephen Crane dan Dirge for Two Veterans yang ditulis oleh Walt Whitman. Tema yang terkandung di dalam kedua puisi tersebut adalah perang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menggambarkan kesedihan yang disebabkan oleh perang dan untuk membandingkan cara kedua puisi tersebut di dalam mengekspresikan tema tentang perang.Pendekatan yang di- gunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan objektif. Pendekatan ini dipilih karena analisis hanya berdasar kepada elemen-elemen yang ditemukan di dalam puisi. Metode yang digunakan di dalam penelitian ini adalah studi perpustakaan. Kemudian metode deskriptif diterapkan untuk menjelaskan puisi secara deskriptif melalui interpretasi tiap bait di dalam puisi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kesedihan yang disebabkan oleh perang itu nyata dan mempengaruhi banyak orang di dalamnya. Baik puisi War is Kind ataupun Dirge for Two Veterans sama-sama menggambarkan tentang kematian dan kesedihan yang disebabkan oleh perang, walaupun dengan ekspresi yang sedikit berbeda. War is Kind menonjolkan ironi bahwa ‘perang itu baik’ untuk memunculkan kesan yang sangat buruk. Penggunaan ironi ini mencoba mempengaruhi pembaca untuk menghakimi bahwa perang sangatlah buruk. Dirge for Two Veterans juga menunjukkan bahwa kematian merupakan konsekuensi dari perang. Namun dalam puisi ini kesedihan digambarkan sebagai sesuatu yang harus bisa dihadapi walaupun menimbulkan ke- takutan dan menghantui pikiran. Kata Kunci: kesedihan, perang, kematian, ironi ABSTRACT This article discusses two poems, a Stephen Crane’s poem entitled War is Kind and a Walt Whitman’s poem entitled Dirge for Two Veterans. -
Man Meets Dog Konrad Lorenz 144 Pages Konrad Z
a How, why and when did man meet dog and cat? How much are they in fact guided by instinct, and what sort of intelligence have they? What is the nature of their affection or attachment to the human race? Professor Lorenz says that some dogs are descended from wolves and some from jackals, with strinkingly different results in canine personality. These differences he explains in a book full of entertaining stories and reflections. For, during the course of a career which has brought him world fame as a scientist and as the author of the best popular book on animal behaviour, King Solomon's Ring, the author has always kept and bred dogs and cats. His descriptions of dogs 'with a conscience', dogs that 'lie', and the fallacy of the 'false cat' are as amusing as his more thoughtful descriptions of facial expressions in dogs and cats and their different sorts of loyalty are fascinating. "...this gifted and vastly experiences naturalist writes with the rational sympathy of the true animal lover. He deals, in an entertaining, anectdotal way, with serious problems of canine behaviour." The Times Educational Supplement "...an admirable combination of wisdom and wit." Sunday Observer Konrad Lorenz Man Meets Dog Konrad Lorenz 144 Pages Konrad Z. Lorenz, born in 1903 in Vienna, studied Medicine and Biology. Rights Sold: UK/USA, France, In 1949, he founded the Institute for Comparative Behaviourism in China (simplified characters), Italy, Altenberg (Austria) and changed to the Max-Planck-Institute in 1951. Hungary, Romania, Korea, From 1961 to 1973, he was director of Max-Planck-Institute for Ethology Slovakia, Spain, Georgia, Russia, in Seewiesen near Starnberg. -
Stephen Crane on Film: Adaptation As
STEPHEN CRANE ON FILM: ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION By JANET BUCK ROLLINS r Bachelor of Arts Southern Oregon State College Ashland, Oregon 1977 Master of Arts Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1979 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for· the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May, 1983 LIBRARY~ ~ STEPHEN CRANE ON FILM: ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION Thesis Approved: ii . ~ 1168780 ' PREFACE Criticism of film adaptations based on Stephen Crane's fiction is for the most part limited to superficial reviews or misguided articles. Scholars have failed to assess cinematic achievements or the potential of adaptations as interpretive tools. This study will be the first to gauge the success of the five films attempting to recreate and inter pret Crane's vision. I gratefully acknowledge the benefic criticism of Dr. Gordon Weaver, Dr. Jeffrey Walker, and Dr. William Rugg. Each scholar has provided thoughtful direction in content, organization, and style. I am espe cially appreciative of the prompt reading and meticulous, constructive comments of Dr. Leonard J. Leff. Mr. Terry Basford and Mr. Kim Fisher of the Oklahoma State Univer sity library deserve thanks for encouraging and aiding the research process. My husband, Peter, provided invaluable inspiration, listened attentively, and patiently endured the many months of long working hours. Finally, I dedicate this study to my parents and to my Aunt, Florence & Fuller. Their emotional and financial support have made my career as a scholar both possible and rewarding. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. FILM MEETS CRANE'S ART 14 III. -
On the Aggression Diffusion Modeling and Minimization in Online Social
On the Aggression Diffusion Modeling and Minimization in Twitter MARINOS POIITIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ATHENA VAKALI, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece NICOLAS KOURTELLIS, Telefonica Research, Spain Aggression in online social networks has been studied mostly from the perspective of machine learning which detects such behavior in a static context. However, the way aggression diffuses in the network has received little attention as it embeds modeling challenges. In fact, modeling how aggression propagates from one user to another, is an important research topic since it can enable effective aggression monitoring, especially in media platforms which up to now apply simplistic user blocking techniques. In this paper, we address aggression propagation modeling and minimization in Twitter, since it is a popular microblogging platform at which aggression had several onsets. We propose various methods building on two well-known diffusion models, Independent Cascade (퐼퐶) and Linear Threshold (!) ), to study the aggression evolution in the social network. We experimentally investigate how well each method can model aggression propagation using real Twitter data, while varying parameters, such as seed users selection, graph edge weighting, users’ activation timing, etc. It is found that the best performing strategies are the ones to select seed users with a degree-based approach, weigh user edges based on their social circles’ overlaps, and activate users according to their aggression levels. We further employ the best performing models to predict which ordinary real users could become aggressive (and vice versa) in the future, and achieve up to 퐴*퐶=0.89 in this prediction task. Finally, we investigate aggression minimization by launching competitive cascades to “inform” and “heal” aggressors. -
Wide Angle a Journal of Literature and Film
Wide Angle a journal of literature and film Volume 5, Issue 1 Fall 2015 Published by Department of English Samford University 2 Mission Statement Literature and film continually reimagine an ever-changing world, and through our research we discover our relationships to those art forms and the cultures they manifest. Publishing one issue each semester, Wide Angle serves as a conduit for the expression and critique of that imagination. A joint publication between English majors and faculty, the journal embodies the interdisciplinary nature of the Department of English at Samford University. It provides a venue for undergraduate research, an opportunity for English majors to gain experience in the business of editing and publishing, and a forum for all students, faculty, and staff to publish their best work. As a wide-angle lens captures a broad field of vision, this journal expands its focus to include critical and creative works, namely academic essays, book and film reviews, and commentaries, as well as original poetry, short fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays. Staff 2015-‘16 General Editor………………………Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright Managing Editor……………………Caleb Punt Assistant Managing Editor…………Bekah Ray Literature Editor…………………....Rae Patterson Film Editor………………………....Mack Sexton Creative Writing Editor…………….Laura Bone Copyright © 2015 Wide Angle, Samford University. All rights reserved. Wide Angle 3 Contents Special Series: Harper Lee and Her Legacy Edward Colston, Atticus Finch, and the Human Condition Laura Ann Prickett…………………………………………………………………………..5 -
The Ethological Approach to Aggression1
Psychological Medicine, 1980,10, 607-609 Printed in Great Britain EDITORIAL The ethological approach to aggression1 There are several ways in which ethology, the biological study of behaviour, can contribute to our understanding of aggression. First of all, by studying animals we can get some idea of what aggression is and how it relates to other, similar patterns of behaviour. We can also begin to grasp the reasons why natural selection has led to the widespread appearance of apparently destructive behaviour. To come to grips with this question requires the study of animals in their natural environment, for this is the environment to which they are adapted and only in it can the survival value of their behaviour be appreciated. By contrast, a final contribution of ethology, that of understanding the causal mechanisms underlying aggression, usually comes from work in the laboratory, for such research requires carefully controlled experiments. Ethology has shed light on all these topics, perhaps parti- cularly in the 15 years since Konrad Lorenz, one of the founding fathers of the discipline, discussed the subject in his book On Aggression. Lorenz's views were widely publicized and had great popular appeal: the fact that few ethologists agreed with what he said may explain why so many have since devoted time to studying aggression. The result, as I shall argue here, is that ethologists now have a much better insight into what aggression is, how it is caused and what functions it serves, and it is an insight sharply at odds with the ideas put forward by Lorenz. -
GORE VIDAL the United States of Amnesia
Amnesia Productions Presents GORE VIDAL The United States of Amnesia Film info: http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/513a8382c07f5d4713000294-gore-vidal-the-united-sta U.S., 2013 89 minutes / Color / HD World Premiere - 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Spotlight Section Screening: Thursday 4/18/2013 8:30pm - 1st Screening, AMC Loews Village 7 - 3 Friday 4/19/2013 12:15pm – P&I Screening, Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 6 Saturday 4/20/2013 2:30pm - 2nd Screening, AMC Loews Village 7 - 3 Friday 4/26/2013 5:30pm - 3rd Screening, Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 4 Publicity Contact Sales Contact Matt Johnstone Publicity Preferred Content Matt Johnstone Kevin Iwashina 323 938-7880 c. office +1 323 7829193 [email protected] mobile +1 310 993 7465 [email protected] LOG LINE Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATS OF AMNESIA is a fascinating and wholly entertaining tribute to the iconic Gore Vidal. Commentary by those who knew him best—including filmmaker/nephew Burr Steers and the late Christopher Hitchens—blends with footage from Vidal’s legendary on-air career to remind us why he will forever stand as one of the most brilliant and fearless critics of our time. SYNOPSIS No twentieth-century figure has had a more profound effect on the worlds of literature, film, politics, historical debate, and the culture wars than Gore Vidal. Anchored by intimate one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining portrait of the last lion of the age of American liberalism. -
Wedding Ringer -FULL SCRIPT W GREEN REVISIONS.Pdf
THE WEDDING RINGER FKA BEST MAN, Inc. / THE GOLDEN TUX by Jeremy Garelick & Jay Lavender GREEN REVISED - 10.22.13 YELLOW REVISED - 10.11.13 PINK REVISED - 10.1.13 BLUE REVISED - 9.17.13 WHITE SHOOTING SCRIPT - 8.27.13 Screen Gems Productions, Inc. 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Stage 6 Suite 4100 Culver City, CA 90232 GREEN REVISED 10.22.13 1 OVER BLACK A DIAL TONE...numbers DIALED...phone RINGING. SETH (V.O.) Hello? DOUG (V.O.) Oh hi, uh, Seth? SETH (V.O.) Yeah? DOUG (V.O.) It’s Doug. SETH (V.O.) Doug? Doug who? OPEN TIGHT ON DOUG Doug Harris... 30ish, on the slightly dweebier side of average. 1 REVEAL: INT. DOUG’S OFFICE - DAY 1 Organized clutter, stacks of paper cover the desk. Vintage posters/jerseys of Los Angeles sports legends adorn the walls- -ERIC DICKERSON, JIM PLUNKETT, KURT RAMBIS, STEVE GARVEY- DOUG You know, Doug Harris...Persian Rug Doug? SETH (OVER PHONE) Doug Harris! Of course. What’s up? DOUG (relieved) I know it’s been awhile, but I was calling because, I uh, have some good news...I’m getting married. SETH (OVER PHONE) That’s great. Congratulations. DOUG And, well, I was wondering if you might be interested in perhaps being my best man. GREEN REVISED 10.22.13 2 Dead silence. SETH (OVER PHONE) I have to be honest, Doug. This is kind of awkward. I mean, we don’t really know each other that well. DOUG Well...what about that weekend in Carlsbad Caverns? SETH (OVER PHONE) That was a ninth grade field trip, the whole class went. -
Gore Vidal's Caligula (1979): Denying the Author Daniel O'brien Gore
Journal of American Studies of Turkey 35-36 (2012): 97-109 Gore Vidal’s Caligula (1979): Denying the Author Daniel O’Brien Gore Vidal’s involvement with and subsequent disownment of the film Caligula (1979) is well known. Produced in Italy and financed by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione; it started as an ostensibly serious biopic of the infamous Roman emperor, scripted by Vidal, but ended up as a lurid blend of graphic violence and explicit sex. The focus of this article is not on Caligula itself, but an accompanying documentary, made at the time of the film’s production with Vidal’s participation. The prosaic title A Documentary on the Making of Gore Vidal’s Caligula (1981) is notable for apparently granting Vidal authorial ownership of the film. However, the content of the documentary, supervised by Guccione, subverts and questions this authorship, ultimately denying both Vidal’s entitlement to this position and the validity of the concept itself. My methodology includes debates on authorship in relation to the cinema, which have usually centered on the director and ideas of personal expression. As noted below, Vidal scorned the notion of directors as cinematic authors, or auteurs, regarding them as mere technicians who neither required nor displayed creative ability. However, A Documentary on the Making of Gore Vidal’s Caligula highlights opposing ideas of film authorship that befit further analysis. As Peter Wollen states, the concept of the auteur is linked to the French film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, which promoted the politique des auteurs during the 1950s, albeit in haphazard fashion (74, 77). -
Stephen Crane's Father and the Holiness Movement
Syracuse University SURFACE The Courier Libraries Spring 1990 Stephen Crane's Father and the Holiness Movement Christopher Benfey Mount Holyoke College Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/libassoc Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Benfey, Christopher, "Stephen Crane's Father and the Holiness Movement" (1990). The Courier. 265. https://surface.syr.edu/libassoc/265 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Courier by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATES COURIER VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 1, SPRING 1990 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATES COURIER VOLUME XXV NUMBER ONE SPRING 1990 Intentional Omissions from the Published Civil War Diaries of Admiral John A. Dahlgren By Robert J. Schneller, Jr., Ph.D. Candidate in History, 3 Duke University Stephen Crane's Father and the Holiness Movement By Christopher Benfey, Assistant Professor of English, 27 Mt. Holyoke College "I Want to Do This Job": More Margaret Bourke~White Letters to Erskine Caldwell By William L. Howard, Assistant Professor of English, 37 Chicago State University The New School of Wood Engraving By Edward A. Gokey, Advanced Graduate Student of 53 Fine Arts, Syracuse University The Punctator's World: A Discursion (Part Four) By Gwen G. Robinson, Editor, Syracuse University Library 85 Associates Courier News of the Syracuse University Library and the Library Associates 127 Stephen Crane's Father and the Holiness Movement BY CHRISTOPHER BENFEY Stephen Crane was the son and grandson of prominent Methodist ministers, and it is often assumed that his colorful life of excess and adventure was an understandable rejection of that legacy. -
Stephen Crane - Poems
Classic Poetry Series Stephen Crane - poems - Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive Stephen Crane(November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. The eighth surviving child of Methodist Protestant parents, Crane began writing at the age of four and had published several articles by the age of 16. Having little interest in university studies, he left school in 1891 and began work as a reporter and writer. Crane's first novel was the 1893 Bowery tale Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, which critics generally consider the first work of American literary Naturalism. He won international acclaim for his 1895 Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, which he wrote without any battle experience. In 1896, Crane endured a highly publicized scandal after acting as witness for a suspected prostitute. Late that year he accepted an offer to cover the Spanish- American War as a war correspondent. As he waited in Jacksonville, Florida for passage to Cuba, he met Cora Taylor, the madam of a brothel, with whom he would have a lasting relationship. While en route to Cuba, Crane's ship sank off the coast of Florida, leaving him adrift for several days in a dinghy. His ordeal was later described in "The Open Boat". During the final years of his life, he covered conflicts in Greece and lived in England with Cora, where he befriended writers such as Joseph Conrad and H. -
Primate Aggression and Evolution: an Overview of Sociobiological and Anthropological Perspectives JAMES J
Primate Aggression and Evolution: An Overview of Sociobiological and Anthropological Perspectives JAMES J. McKENNA Attempts to explain the nature and causes of human aggression are hand icapped primarily because aggression is anything but a unitary concept. Aggression has no single etiology, no matter which mammalian species we consider or what kind of causation (developmental or evolutionary) we stress. Nevertheless, forensic psychiatrists are asked to evaluate instances of human aggression in ways that would send shivers up the spines of researchers who have been wrestling with the issue for over fifty years. This is not to say forensic psychiatry should be abolished nor to suggest be havioral scientists have not made progress in discovering causes of species aggression in genera}l and human violence in particular.2 But especially when predictive models are considered it does mean we are far from achiev ing highly reliable results.:l Particularly when one person is asked to assess the motivational state of another who has committed a serious aggressive act it becomes more evident just how much more data we need. Strangely, if a forensic psychia trist were asked to testify in a case in which, let us say, one monkey attacked another, the testimony would be based on more complete information than a case involving a human. This is because a plethora of context-specific data on nonhuman primates are available. These data illuminate a wide range of social, ecological, and endocrinological circumstances under which animals will be expected to act aggressively. Data on humans are much more complex, and sometimes they are absent altogether.