Hello All,

For this blog, explain how the film The Fountain uses one of the concepts from Eliade's Myth of the Eternal Return.


Celestial Archetypes: Shibalba, the tree of life, the ring, the dagger (with its holes/map), the blood

Symbolism of the Center: the tree, Shibalba, the queen, Spain, the lab, the temple, the book

Road to the Center: the lab (with Donovan and the tests and finding the cure), the funeral (the road to death), the voyage in the bubble to Shibalba, the book (finish it!) 

Profane/Sacred Time and Space: Sacred: the tree, the temple, outer space; Profane: the daily routine (the lab?, the scenes in the home?), walking on the street, the field/gravesite

Abolition of Past Time: the book (makes him experience its actions when he's asleep); the scenes at the temple; the scenes with the queen, the scenes in outer space

Restoration of Primordial Chaos: Drinking the tree's sap, he became a plant; the tree was his wife; the flying/floating in outer space; the plots (and times) of the film collapse and blend (and confuse);

Repetition of the Cosmogonic Act: Donovan's cure, the final scenes with Shibalba, the tree coming back to life, the seed being planted, the conquistador's death/life: Death becomes life.

Regeneration of Time

Hello All,

For this post, explain how the music video for Lambchop's song "Is a Woman" uses one concept from Eliade's Myth of the Eternal Return.  Use at least one quote from Eliade in your explanation.

Those concepts include

Celestial Archetypes
Symbolism of the Center
Road to the Center
Profane/Sacred Time and Space
Abolition of Past Time
Restoration of Primordial Chaos
Repetition of the Cosmogonic Act

Ariadne's Clue, pages 3-35

Hello All,

We will discuss the first 35 pages of Anthony Stevens's Ariadne's Clue on Monday.  For the weekend blog, find two quotes:

1.  Which quote do you think is especially interesting?  Why?
2.  Which quote do you think is especially confusing? Why?

Answer those questions on your blog; we'll work through those confusing passages together as a class on Monday.

Enjoy your weekend!

Describe !

Hello All,

For the first post on your blog, describe one object in your home/apartment/car. 

This description should be one paragraph long, should exhibit syntax variety (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences), and should combine both literal and figurative details.

Archetypes and Repetition

Hello All,

Explain the celestial model behind your name.

Improvements

Welcome to English 310! 

Based on your responses, here are the areas of writing you wish to improve:

critical thinking and analysis, spelling and grammar, writing quickly (in-class essays), avoiding repetition, being concise, clarity, structure, making writing come more easily, being more descriptive, writing thesis statements, revising, summarizing, getting ideas down on the paper, developing main ideas, making the writing flow, writing introductions, using vocabulary effectively, using a more sholarly mode of communication.

The good news is that we will work on each of these areas throughout the quarter.

There is no bad news.

Take care!

Final Essay

Hello All,

For this post, describe the following areas as they relate to your final essay.  You may change your minds at any time; this is just to let me know we are all on topic.

1.  What department/program/club/event are you using as your focus?  Who is your audience?  The more specific you can make your audience, the more effective your essay will be.
2.  On what advertising form/medium will your essay focus?  A poster?  A website?  A flier?  A commercial?
3.  What are the strengths/weaknesses of the current advertisement?
4.  Which symbols/archetypes are you proposing the department/program emphasize?