...CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY by John Lye Note: This essay was published in the Brock Review Volume 2 Number 1, 1993 pp. 90-106, which publication holds the copyright. The article addresses contemporary theory in its more post-structural mode, and were I to rewrite it today I would put more emphasis on the cultural studies model, on the growth of gender studies, and on New Historicism, than I do here. I believe however that what I have to say here is still relevant and describes the fundamental paradigm shift which has altered the direction and mandate of literary study. July 2001 Studies in literature in universities in the last two decades have been marked by the growing interest in and bitter division over a set of related theoretical approaches known collectively as Literary Theory. Many Departments have become divided between "theory people" and opponents who see themselves as defending the traditional values central to the culture against Theory’s perceived anti-humanism. Literary Theory is part of a wide-spread movement in the culture which has affected a number of disciplines, occasioning similar disputes in some, a movement which has explored and elucidated the complexities of meaning, textuality and interpretation. Literary Theory is not a single enterprise but a set of related concepts and practices — most importantly deconstruction, post-Althusserian ideological or 'political' criticism, post-Lacanian psychoanalytic criticism, New Historicist or 'cultural'...
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...Connectives - words such as and, or, if, then Exclusive or - one or the other of the given events can happen, but not both Inclusive or - one or the other or both of the given events can happen *In this class, we will use the inclusive or Statement - A sentence that can be judged either true or false. Labeling a statement true or false is called assigning a truth value to the statement. Simple Statements - Sentences that convey only one idea and can be assigned a truth value. Compound Statements - Sentences that combine two or more simple statements and can be assigned a truth value. Negation of a statement – change a statement to its opposite meaning. • The negation of a false statement is always a true statement. • The negation of a true statement is always a false statement. Examples: The moon is made of green cheese. It is not true that the moon is made of green cheese. All chickens are roosters. It is not true that all chickens are roosters. Quantifiers - words such as all, none, no, some, etc… Be careful when negating statements that contain quantifiers. Negation of Quantified Statements Form of statement Form of Negation All are. Some are not. None are. Some are. Some are. None are. Some are not. All are. Example 1: Write Negations Write the negation of the statement: All houses have two stories. Solution: This is a false...
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...|Ethics Case Studies—Learning Application of the 2009 ADA/CDR Code of |[pic] | |Ethics for the Profession of Dietetics | | |Case Study #1: A registered dietitian (RD) is newly employed as part of a treatment team in an ambulatory care setting. After several | |counseling sessions, one of the clients he is counseling for obesity discloses that she is being physically abused by her spouse and is | |experiencing depression. The RD continues to have the client come in for nutrition counseling sessions in an attempt to better understand | |the relationships among her current domestic situation, psychological state and weight issues. During a treatment team meeting, the RD | |reports on the client and is questioned by one of the team members about why he did not refer the client to the mental health professional. | |What should be done in this situation? | |Questions for Discussion | |Is the situation described an ethical issue? Or, is it a business dispute? It is an ethical issue. | |What principle(s) of the Code of Ethics does it...
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