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International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Nov 2008

International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

"Terrorism" is a term that cannot be given a stable defintion. Or rather, it can, but to do so forstalls any attempt to examine the major feature of its relation to television in the contemporary world. As the central public arena for organising ways of picturing and talking about social and political life, TV plays a pivotal role in the contest between competing defintions, accounts and explanations of terrorism. Which term is used in any particular context is inextricably tied to judgemements about the legitimacy of the action in question and of the political system against which it is directed. …


"My Trouthe For To Holde—Allas, Allas!": Dorigen And Honor In The Franklin’S Tale.”, Alison Ganze Jan 2008

"My Trouthe For To Holde—Allas, Allas!": Dorigen And Honor In The Franklin’S Tale.”, Alison Ganze

Alison (Ganze) Langdon

Though others have explored in detail the deep and abiding concern with honor Arveragus and Aurelius evince in the tale, Dorigen’s own preoccupation with honor—no less significant in the tale’s exposition of trouthe—has not received much critical attention. Indeed, the question of Dorigen’s honor is often preempted by analysis of the (masculine) chivalric code of honor, which subsumes female honor within it. Yet an analysis of Dorigen’s promise to Aurelius and of her despairing complaint will reveal that she, too, participates in the same concept of trouthe that binds her male counterparts, one that privileges trouthe not simply as honor …


Charlotte Smith, Women Poets, And The Culture Of Celebrity.Pdf, Stephen C. Behrendt Dec 2007

Charlotte Smith, Women Poets, And The Culture Of Celebrity.Pdf, Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

This essay examines intertextuality in writing (poetry especially) relating to Charlotte Smith, considering in detail how Smith appeared in the writings of other women writers. Smith's legacy was to inspire and people the poetry of her admirers and that legacy is a demonstrably gendered one. Her male admirers tended to wish to rescue her reputation from oblivion, while her female followers approach her as a source of inspiration and aspire to replicate her achievements in some way in their own work.


Following Charlotte Smith's Elegiac Sonnets Through The Press.Pdf, Stephen C. Behrendt Dec 2007

Following Charlotte Smith's Elegiac Sonnets Through The Press.Pdf, Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

An examination of the evolution of the title pages to the ten editions of Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems that appeared during (and immediately after) Charlotte Smith's lifetime. The essay considers the aesthetic evolution of the title pages and what they reveal about Smith's growing status as a literary celebrity.


Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila Dec 2007

Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

Understanding media messages and selecting worthwhile sources of information require the ability to analyze and deconstruct messages.