Ideologies for "Orlando" and "Dead White Males" (1 Viewer)

[kyu_chan]

Hi all. I have a question essay:

"How do the composers of Dead white males and Orlando construct their texts to explore ideologies that attempt to make meaning of our modern world?

I only have one ideology for each one, do you think it's enough?

Please tell me what you think the ideologies are for any of them.

Thanks for your help

 

[absolution*]

I recommend you check out this thread for the notes posted.
http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?t=49943
They will be very helpful.

Now i play Derrida for a second and desconstruct the question, "How do the composers of Dead white males and Orlando construct their texts to explore ideologies that attempt to make meaning of our modern world".

The key phrase is "how do the composers construct..." therefore your immediately looking at techniques. If you are writing the response as an essay i would make the technique part of the topic sentence. Obviously compare and contrast between the two texts.

I suppose by 'ideologies', the question is asking for how the composer deals with the various theories associated with post-modernism that are evident in the texts (Ie. Existentialism, Deconstruction, Post-Colonialism etc.) as well as other dominant idoelogies (Feminism, etc.)

For good marks, i would integrate both techniques and ideologies. How you structure it is your own choice.

Good luck.

 

[kyu_chan]

Thanks absolution* for this.

The key phrase is "how do the composers construct..." therefore your immediately looking at techniques. If you are writing the response as an essay i would make the technique part of the topic sentence. Obviously compare and contrast between the two texts.

I know the how bit, but was confused with the ideologies. Actually, you said to compare and contrast, but can I do that if the ideologies are different?

Anyway, thanks again.

 

[absolution*]

Feminism is a similar ideology.
Compare and contrast how the author represents the feministic ideals throughout the text.
Already im thinking characterisation (With the lead role of Orlando, contrast with Swain),

context (1600- modern day Britain in Orlando contrast with modern day Australia),

authorial motive (Potter is in a sense both adding and subtracting from Woolf's feminist critique in order to show just how menial the feminist movement has ended up proving to be, contrast with Williamson who is, more than anything else providing both a social and more importantly literary critique with regards to feminism.

irony (Potter deters from Woolf's narrative when she depicts Orlandos offspring as a girl instead of a boy, showing how far we have come as a feminist wary society.. pfffft. Yeah right. Contrast with the irony in Swains own feminist/multiculturalism/etc-ism despite his own derogatory dealings with females throughout the play)

symbolism The glass roof within the modern day setting of Orlando, symbolising the lack of female integrity in high power executive positions in the workplace, the deterrence from the natural course of events as Orlando rescues the "prince charming" Chalmerdine after he falls off his horse, the progression of Orlando from male to female etc etc etc....

Erm, with respect to feminism, be sure to read the newspaper article assessment on Orlando (contained in the notes i posted), especially the concluding part which discusses how Potter leaves open the question of progress with respect to the feminist movement.

Then i would try to do similar sorts of things with differing ideologies, like post-structuralism, post-modernism (in both a societal and literary sense) etc. There are a lot more. Search for "contemporary literary theory" or something similar and youll be sure to find the endless number of idologies and literary criticisms out there.

Sorry about the grammer. Im in a hurry.

 

[kyu_chan]

Wow. Thank you soooo much.

I think I can start now *sweatdrops*

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Oh, I'll be your fan too!