...Popular Literature Paper SOC/105 Introduction to Pop Culture Instructor: Narketta Sparkman Popular Literature Paper The purpose of this paper is to analyze a piece of popular literature including a critique of the story and a commentary about the influence of the work in popular culture. The paper will identify the literary production of The Green Mile written in 1996 by Stephen King. The paper will provide a brief description of what the novel is about, Stephen King’s background, and rather the novel fits other literature of the genre. Furthermore, the paper will discuss the cultural significance; whether the novel is economically successful or has fan followings and also what cultural values are reinforced or challenged. Background The Green Mile is about a man that was sent to prison for the rap and murder of two little girls and a prison guard who over time believes in the man’s innocents. The readers believe in the man’s innocents from the beginning; since, many times when and African American is put in prison in the beginning of a story there is always an assumption that he or she is put in prison over something a Caucasian has done. The suspense in the novel makes it difficult to put the book down, just when the reader thinks that he or she thinks they know what will happen-something changes. Stephen King is known a writer of horror fiction; many of his stories have unsuspected endings. The endings of most of his work keep the reader in suspense wondering...
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...The literacy production was born in 1972 in Kent, Connecticut. Seth plays the voices for Peter, Stewie, Brian, Quagmire, and many other voices. According to Fox (2012), the show has reached its highest status with their fan base. Its breakout star, a character named Stewie, has grown into a very clever villain. The show has won various awards; among those is an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy. Seth MacFarlane is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four, an episode named “doesn’t make me over,” the Griffins daughter Meg invites the cutest guy at school on a date. The boy declines her offer because she looks like a boy so she reaches out to her family for help. In an attempt to make her feel better and have more confidence, her mother Lois takes her to a newly constructed mega-store, where Meg receives the greatest makeover of her life. In the meantime, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-store taking most of the local business. Peter, Meg’s father tries save the tavern by creating a band with his family and friends. Meg's new makeover has caught the attention of a record producer who wants to sign the band. The Griffins sign with the record producer and perform in New York on Saturday Night Live. Meg’s personality started to change because of her new look, she starts to get spoiled, but after the guest star of Saturday Night Live took advantage...
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...From the early days of written literature, literary works have had a positive and negative effect on popular culture. Since Ralph Waldo Emerson, who has been considered profoundly wise by Americans to include Abraham Lincoln (The Independent, 1995), scholars and literary writers have had substantial influences on culture. According to C. S. Lewis (n.d.), “Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become” (Objectives for HKDSE, n.d., p. 969). Literature has been proven to sway how and what we think. It addition, some science fiction authors or popular works have increased the creative genius of some leading to advances in technology. The story of Luke Skywalker is no exception to the rule of literary influence. The instant success of the Star Wars franchise debuted in 1977 with the release of the first movie in the six movie series, numerous cartoons, comic books, and a cult following that will not go away for the foreseeable future. The story begins as a poor young farmer searches for a lost droid and ultimately evolves into the greatest well-known galactic battle of the 20th century. Lauded as the last Jedi warrior, Luke Skywalker, enlists the help of humans, droids, and aliens to wage a battle of good against evil. The evil, also known as the dark side, proves to be a formidable adversary that ultimately...
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...[pic] |Course Design Guide College of Humanities SOC/105 Version 5 Introduction to Popular American Culture | |Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is an introductory course on modern American culture. The course focuses on the interactions between social forces such as advertising, media, and lifestyle and cultural trends in modern American society. Students are asked to cast a critical eye on current trends and changes in our culture. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Petracca, M., & Sorapure, M. (2007). Common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Overview of Culture ...
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...0 Course: B.A. (Hons.) English Semester I Paper 1: English Literature 4(i) Paper 2: Twentieth Century Indian Writing(i) Paper 3: Concurrent – Qualifying Language Paper 4: English Literature 4(ii) Semester II Paper 5: Twentieth Century Indian Writing(ii) Paper 6: English Literature 1(i) Paper 7: Concurrent – Credit Language Paper 8: English Literature 1(ii) Semester III Paper 9: English Literature 2(i) Paper 10: Option A: Nineteenth Century European Realism(i) Option B: Classical Literature (i) Option C: Forms of Popular Fiction (i) Paper 11: Concurrent – Interdisciplinary Semester IV Semester V Paper 12: English Literature 2(ii) Paper 13: English Literature 3(i) Paper 14: Option A: Nineteenth Century European Realism(ii) Option B: Classical Literature (ii) Option C: Forms of Popular Fiction (ii) Paper 15: Concurrent – Discipline Centered I Paper 16: English Literature 3(ii) Paper 17: English Literature 5(i) Paper 18: Contemporary Literature(i) Paper 19: Option A: Anglo-American Writing from 1930(i) Option B: Literary Theory (i) Option C: Women’s Writing of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (i) Option D: Modern European Drama (i) Paper 20: English Literature 5(ii) Semester VI Paper 21: Contemporary Literature(ii) Paper 22: Option A: Anglo-American Writing from 1930(ii) Option B: Literary Theory (ii) Option C: Women’s Writing of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (ii) Option D: Modern European Drama (ii) Paper 23: Concurrent – Discipline Centered II 1 SEMESTER...
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...Comparatively to other popular academic resource databases, Google Scholar, most definitely, is a valid resource for doctoral search and is the very popular with Generation X (early 1960s to the early 1980s); Generation Y or Millennial Generation (circa early 1980s to early 2000s); and even more so with the Google Generation (The internet Age, born after1993). Let’s observe some other popular databases. ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is known as the major database source mainly for education material from pre-school through higher education. Information includes books, research reports, selected dissertations, instructional materials, and other such literature. ProQuest consists of multiple databases with full text journals, magazines, newspapers, current events numerous contemporary topics and issues. PsycInfo is a more specialized database to international literature in psychology and other related subject matter and disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, psychology, education, business and law. Google Scholar is a valid data base reference source which offers information across all subject areas or disciplines. Google Scholar enables you to perform research for scholarly information in a vast amount of ways. A scholarly and broad area of research literature is found in the form of thesis, dissertations, books, pre-prints, peer-reviewed papers, technical papers, and in many other ways. Information is found from professional societies, renown and credible...
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...As we can notice, paranormal power has been a more and more common topic in contemporary popular culture such as films, TVs series, especially literatures, many fiction novels and mystery books have been the holy grail of their fans and scholars. People are showing greater interest in paranormal things which include vampire, werewolf, wizard, alien, superhero, or psychic abilities like telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, and psychometry ever than before. On the other hand, according to David W. Moore’s statistic in 2001, about three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief, which is very unexpected for me. As far as I can see, there must be an inseparable relationship between these two phenomenon. What are the reasons behind...
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...Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied, argued, and established about a topic, and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography, because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing on one item at a time. It is not a summary; rather, it evaluates previous and current research. Purpose A literature review is written to highlight specific arguments and ideas in a field of study. By highlighting these arguments, the writer attempts to show what has been studied in the field, and also where the weaknesses, gaps, or areas needing further study are. The review should therefore also demonstrate to the reader why the writer’s research is useful, necessary, important, and valid. Audience Literature reviews can have different types of audiences, so consider why and for whom you are writing your review. For example, a lot of literature reviews are written as a chapter for a thesis or dissertation, so the audience will want to know in what way your research is important and original. Highlighting the gap in knowledge which your research aims to fill is particularly important in this instance because you need to convince the reader that there is an opening in the area of study. A literature review...
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...Popular Literature Paper James A. Jones SOC/105 12/11/2012 Mercedes Doris Ruiz Popular Literature Paper Beetle Bailey is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker. The setting is a fictional Military base and is one of the oldest comic strips still running today. Walker created Beetle Bailey on September 4, 1950. He has been assisted by Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson, Frank Johnson and Walker’s sons Neal, Brian and Greg Walker. The characters in the strip were created after Walkers fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri. Beetle was a college student at Rock view University, he quit school in the first year and enlisted in the U.S Army on March 13, 1951 and has remained there ever since. Beetle Bailey is a sort of lazy private who just think he can sleep his way through the army, he always wears his headgear below his forehead so you never get to see his eyes, in the rare instance he is without headgear his eyes are covered by his hair he a misfit and suffers through constant physical and verbal abuse from his company sergeant and nemesis sergeant first class Orville P. Snorkel. Beetle Bailey was circulated in the stars and stripes newspaper which is a military paper to boost military morale but it was banned from the japan issue because it was said be disrespectful to officers. The civilian papers thought it was funny and it continues to run today. The stories change to fit the times but beetle is still a private and still wears the same...
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...Popular American Culture Paper Throughout this paper, the reader will get a better understanding of culture and popular culture, along with their definitions and examples of each. The reader will be told three major trends in popular American culture and their roles. Also, the reader will understand how popular American culture affects personal decision making. The reader will gain a better understanding of these three topics after absorbing the paper in its entirety. What is culture? What is popular culture? What is culture? The answer is: "Most social scientists today view culture as consisting primarily of the symbolic, ideational, and intangible aspects of human societies. The essence of a culture is not its artifacts, tools, or other tangible cultural elements but how the members of the group interpret, use, and perceive them. It is the values, symbols, interpretations, and perspectives that distinguish one people from another in modernized societies; it is not material objects and other tangible aspects of human societies. People within a culture usually interpret the meaning of symbols, artifacts, and behaviors in the same or in similar ways." (Banks, 1989) What is popular culture? The answer is: “Popular culture is the accumulated store of cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, television, and radio that are consumed primarily by non-elite groups such as the working, lower, and middle class.” (Crossman, 2011) What are three major...
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...Popular Literature Ayana Thomas SOC/105 May 14, 2013 Luis Rangel-Ortiz Popular Literature Culture can become a huge part of someone’s everyday life and have a great impact on their well- being. Culture can describe someone’s personality, the way they dress, talk, or the types of foods can identify someone’s culture. Popular culture is something that changes with the times. The way popular culture is today, is very different from who it may have been portrayed many years ago. This paper will not only talk about popular culture in general, but it will analyze a certain piece of work that signifies popular culture. The popular fiction novel that I choose to critique is a very well known book called To Kill a Mockingbird, published by author Harper Lee in 1960. This novel takes place in a small segregated fictional town in the south, called Maycomb, Alabama. Harper based this novel on her life experience growing up in the south as a young child and what it was like to be separated between the whites and the blacks. To Kill a Mockingbird, is about five characters, with Scout, a six year old little girl, and her brother Jem a ten year old boy, their father Atticus, who was a defense attorney for the local courts, and their neighbor Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the era of the Great Depression, and where segregation was a big thing. The book displays what it was like in the 1960’s to defend a African American person and stand up for their rights...
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...Issues of Time management at a workplace in Kazakhstan Akhtanova Madina Suleyman Demirel University Kazakhstan, Kaskelen Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences Specialty: Finance Email: madina-akhtanova@mail.ru Abstract Nowadays conditions of rapid rise of competition around the world induce companies to pay attention to absolutely new fields of management. This research concentrates on the field , called Time management. The paper here looks at whether Kazakhstan companies use and have good time management techniques and if they apply Stephen R.Covey’s popular theory of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people. The purpose of this study is to examine the omissions of Kazakhstan companies in this issue and find the ways of correction. The sample of 85 companies, locating in Almaty, Astana, Shymkent and Aktobe has chosen to participate in this research. Data was collected through the results of well-constructed questionnaires and by the agency of general managers of companies. Questionnaire was distributed to all potential respondents. A total of 76 companies returned the completed questionnaire. The finding shows that most companies have placed low emphasis on company time management. In addition, the results identifies that only small portion of companies are familiar with the book «The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people» by Stephen Covey. With greater competition in the globalized market, this research implicates that Kazakhstan companies also should...
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...The Legendary Life of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling was one of the greatest writers of all time. He was a gifted writer and a huge celebrity, and has provided us with countless writings that will continue to be enjoyed by future generations. There are two perspectives when it comes to Kipling’s canonization; those that believe based solely on his writing abilities think he should be canonized, and those who saw him as an only an outspoken political figure do not. The questions surrounding his use of a swastika show him to be a possible Nazi sympathizer and curve his support of canonization. The purpose of this research paper is to provide the insight and the facts to support the stature of his writing abilities, and to prove that on the merit of his writing alone, he is a true literary canon. Despite his political incorrectness, he should be considered a talented and remarkable author based solely on his literary creativity. Kipling was born in December of 1965 in Bombay, British India; which is now known as Mumbai, India. He was an English poet, short story writer and novelist (Wikipedia). He was born to Lockwood and Alice Kipling, who were both highly respected people in their time. Kipling was in love with India and the people that inhabited it. Some of Kipling’s earliest and fondest memories are of him and his sister Alice’s trips to the bustling fruit market with their nanny, or her telling them Indian nursery rhymes and stories before their nap in the tropical afternoon...
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...Running head: WEEK THREE INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1 Popular Literature Paper SOC/105 October 10 2012 WEEK THREE INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2 The following paper will describe to the reader a brief overview, followed by a little bit about the author, and then explain how this type of popular fiction fits with other literature in the same genre. Comic books of yesterday and today have introduced a lot of new and interesting characters. The character that I selected to right about is the Incredible Hulk. The Incredible Hulk was introduced to the world in a comic book back in 1962. This character, Bruce Banner, was a scientist that was working with atomic weapons when an atomic bomb went off and exposed him to an enormous amount of gamma radiation. When he was exposed to the radiation, it turned him into a savage and extremely strong animal of a human being. Normally when Mr. Banner becomes enraged the Incredible Hulk is exposed and only when the Incredible Hulk calms down does he turn back into Bruce Banner. Although the Hulk's color has varied just a bit over the time that he has existed, the majority of the time he is the favorable and most popular green color. Whenever Bruce Banner turns into the Incredible Hulk, he is then capable of immense strength, minus the brains. Strong emotions such as anger, terror and grief are also triggers for...
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...Ada Deniz Tan Dr. Aslı Değirmenci IED 134 20 May 2015 Stereotypes of a Fantasy Novel Protagonist Fantasy novels are very popular between not only children and teenagers, but also people of all ages. There are so many fan of the fantasy novels, films and television series of them are produced and almost each other was in vogue usually at young population when they are released. As fantasy novels have gained a great population and so many example of them released in time, they have become obviously an extended part of world literature. Moreover, they have so many genres, subgenres, rules, aims and stereotypes like other types of literary works. In fantasy novels, it can be said that elements and genres are usually similar, however, characteristics of protagonists, which means main character, and other characters are sometime strictly differs between themselves. I read the book The Magicians by Lev Grossman, the first book of Magicians trilogy, one of New York Times Bestseller books, which is published in 2009. In this research paper, my aim is to analyze stereotypes of a fantasy novel protagonist with analyzing the characteristics of Quentin Coldwater from the novel The Magicians. Lev Grossman was born in 26 July 1969, in America. He graduated from Literature Department of Harvard University in 1991 and has worked as a journalist and a cult critic for Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly and so many other newspapers...
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