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Sexting Through the Ages. English 250 A02 Professor Stephen Ross www.ghostprof.org. Roman de la Rose Jean de Muen (c. 1230 CE). Rosebud!. Georgia O’Keefe Rose. Georgia O’Keefe Lily. Quest Narratives. hero journeys to seek prize/reward faces implacable enemies (here, Jealousy)
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Sexting Through the Ages English 250 A02 Professor Stephen Ross www.ghostprof.org
Quest Narratives • hero journeys to seek prize/reward • faces implacable enemies (here, Jealousy) • overcomes obstacles (damn hymen!) • achieves objective • usually results in marriage (that means S-E-X) • and prosperity, happiness, children, etc. • profoundly heteronormative
Allegory • metaphor • blatant and obvious – Jealousy is the figure for jealousy • one-to-one relationship between figure and meaning • lessons, lessons, lessons – there is a moral • in case you miss it, you’ll be told • play on morality in this excerpt, though, right?
Homosexuality • historical emergence • product of 19thC taxonomy • sin, sin, sin • dare not speak its name • knowledge that is forbidden • knowledge itself as sexy – biblical tradition • Wilde’s Trials
Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667)
Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667) • Man according to the Bible
Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667) • Man according to the Bible
Dr. Faustusfrom a woodcut illustration of Christopher Marlowe’s play of the same name (1592)
Sex Cab for Cutie • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …? • punctuation, syntax – lots of full-stops, or flow?
how do the nasty bits position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab?
how do they position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab? • and what is up with that ejaculation scene?
The Hot Bits • do these read differently from hetero sex scenes? • how do they position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab? • and what is up with that ejaculation scene? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGhsRsHXP8
Content/Theme • What happens here?
Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements?
Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters?
Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters? • What’s the setting?
Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters? • What’s the setting? • What makes these things erotic?
Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke?
Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless?
Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained?
Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …?
Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …? • punctuation, syntax – lots of full-stops, or flow?
Next Week: • Eat or be Eaten? • Readings: • “The Platonic Blow” • from Macho Sluts • “Figs” • Goblin Market • “The Flea” • Humour Piece: “The Disappointment”