A warm and sympathetic thing: Voice and dysfluency in Robert Browning’s ‘Mr Sludge, “The Medium”’

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-178
Author(s):  
Daniel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Dramatic Monologue ◽  
The Real ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Relationship

This article takes a dysfluency studies approach to representations and expressions of voice and dysfluent speech in Robert Browning’s minor dramatic monologue ‘Mr Sludge, “The Medium”’ (1864). Browning’s speaker, an American spiritualist medium named Sludge, is vile and repugnant in his casuistry and sophistry as he defends his deceptions after being caught as a cheat during one of his séances. While Browning’s contemporaries recognized ‘Mr Sludge’ as a mockery of the real-life American medium Daniel Dunglass Home, the monologue relies on one central metaphor of the medium’s stuttering and stammering body that challenges broader Victorian assumptions about the relationship between speech, voice and elocutionary practices. Throughout this article, G.K. Chesterton’s claim that Browning’s critique of spiritualist practices is paradoxically a ‘warm and sympathetic thing’ becomes the keystone for understanding the monologue’s contributions to modern thought about the pleasures and vitality of dysfluent speech. Fundamentally, Browning’s exploration of the spiritualist’s deceptions and conjuring of the voices of the dead reflects broader medical analogies beginning in the 1840s that linked the causes of dysfluent speech to invasive and contagious voicings.

Nicole Kidman in Blue Light: Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laleen Jayamanne
Keyword(s):  
Blue Light ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Relationship

The strange, inexplicable movement of light and colour of the image is examined in relationship to Nicole Kidman’s unique form of acting in this film. Kidman acts in slow motion. The dynamism of colour and Kidman’s slowed-down speech acts are explored to show how, together, they transform the relationship between the heterosexual married fictional couple Alice and Bill, played by the real-life couple Kidman and Cruise. Kubrick taps into and draws out Kidman’s metamorphic powers as an actor. The industrial, technical, and aesthetic context is Kubrick’s experiments with light and colour on celluloid, at the moment of its obsolescence.

The correspondence metaphor of memory: Right, wrong, or useful?

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asher Koriat ◽  
Morris Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Memory Research ◽  
The Real ◽  
Memory Assessment ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractOur response to the commentators covers four general issues: (1) How useful is our proposed conceptualization of the real-life/laboratory controversy in terms of the contrast between the correspondence and storehouse metaphors? (2) What is the relationship between these two metaphors? (3) What are the unique implications of the correspondence metaphor for memory assessment and theory? (4) What are the nature and role of memory metaphors in memory research? We stress that the correspondence metaphor can be usefully exploited independent of the real-life/laboratory controversy, but that a variety of other metaphors, including the storehouse, should also be utilized in order to more fully capture the myriad facets and functions of memory in everyday life.

The Problem of ‘Atheism’ in Early Modern England

1985 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 135-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Real ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

To speak of ‘atheism’ in the context of early modern England immediately invites confusion, and it is for this reason that I shall place the word in inverted commas throughout this paper. On the one hand, I intend to deal with what a twentieth-century reader might expect ‘atheism’ to imply, namely overt hostility to religion. On the other, I want to consider at some length the profuse writings on ‘atheism’ that survive from the period: in these, as we shall see, the word if often used to describe a much broader range of phenomena, in a manner typical of a genre which often appears frustratingly heightened and rhetorical. Some might argue that this juxtaposition displays—and will encourage—muddled thought. But, on the contrary, I think that it is precisely from such a combination that we stand to learn most. Not only are we likely to discover how contemporaries experienced and responded to the threat of irreligion in the society of their day. In addition, by re-examining the relationship between the real and the exaggerated in their perceptions of such heterodoxy, we may be able to draw broader conclusions about early modern thought.

scholarly journals Pleasure, Learning, Video Games, and Life: The Projective Stance

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Paul Gee
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Real World ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Real ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Special Category

This article addresses three questions. First, what is the deep pleasure that humans take from video games? Second, what is the relationship between video games and real life? Third, what do the answers to these questions have to do with learning? Good commercial video games are deep technologies for recruiting learning as a form of profound pleasure, and have much to tell us about what learning could look like in the future should we relinquish the old grammars of traditional schooling. They are extensions of life insofar as they recruit and externalize some fundamental features of how humans orientate themselves in and to the real world when operating at their best. Video games create a projective stance in the sense of a stance toward the world in which we see the world simultaneously as a project imposed on us and as a site onto which we can actively project our desires, values and goals. A special category of games allows players to enact the projective stance of an ‘authentic professional’, thereby experiencing deep expertise of the kind that so widely eludes learners in school.

scholarly journals Mourning with Masks: Political Death and Virtual Life

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Zlatimirova Yaneva-Toraman
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Personal Connection ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Activist Movements

In this essay I explore how the V mask (Guy Fawkes mask) not only became a ‘re- sistance’ mask for the Turkish protesters during the 2013 Gezi Park demonstrations, but also how it visually transformed into a new image. I argue that this new face became a virtual ‘death mask’ for one of the killed protesters and that the image exemplifies a shift in commemorative practices. Furthermore, I examine the relationship between this mask and the process of mourning to dis- cover why the Turkish protesters decided to adopt this particular mask for the dead. This essay argues that the mask and the need to wear it can be explained as an attempt to keep the lost one alive by virtually becoming him. In this sense, the V mask transformed from being just a ‘politi- cal’ symbol in real life activist movements, into a new mask which signifies something beyond the political, that is, a more ‘personal’ connection with the deceased that in turn ‘resurrects’ him.

scholarly journals Retomando uma questão epistemológica e não moral: os imponderáveis da vida real

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Macambira Villacorta
Keyword(s):  
Rare Disease ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Field Work ◽  
The Real ◽  
Being There ◽  
Field Works ◽  
The Relationship

Neste trabalho procuro fazer uma reflexão sobre a situação surgida a partir de minha “entrada repentina no campo”, onde uma das minhas mais importantes interlocutoras, “Rosa Azul”, bastante presente nos textos de minha dissertação de mestrado e artigos que escrevi, tendo contraído uma doença rara no pulmão, estava desenganada pelos médicos, que deram a previsão de quarenta e oito horas para que ela viesse a falecer. O falecimento dessa exímia curadora que se tornou bastante conhecida na metrópole da Amazônia, seja pela sua habilidade como xamã, ou pelos seus singulares “rituais e curas neo-xamânicas”, como é vista na cidade de Belém, trouxe à tona para minha pesquisa várias questões que até então estavam “adormecidas” ou “domesticadas”, referentes ao meu trabalho de campo, sobre questões epistemológicas levantadas por Geertz em relação à natureza do entendimento antropológico, que envolve, entre outras coisas, a relação entre “pesquisador e pesquisado”, o “estar lá” e o “estar aqui”, enfim, a própria construção etnográfica.Palavras-chave: Ritual. Trabalho de Campo. Etnografia.Resuming epistemological a matter and not moral: the real life imponderablesAbstractIn this work I try to reflect on the situation arising from my "sudden entry in the field", where one of my most important interlocutors, "Blue Rose", very present in the texts of my dissertation and articles I have written, having contracted a rare disease in the lung, was given up by the doctors, who gave the forecast forty-eight hours so that she might die. The death of that excels curator who became well known in the Amazon metropolis, is for its ability as a shaman, or its unique "neo-shamanic rituals and healing", as seen in Bethlehem, brought up to my research several issues that previously were "asleep" or "domesticated", related to my field work on epistemological questions raised by Geertz on the nature of anthropological understanding, which involves, among other things, the relationship between "researcher and researched" the "being there" and "be here", in short, the very ethnographic construction.Key words: Ritual. Field works. Etnography. 

scholarly journals REKONSTRUKSI TEOLOGI ISLAM KAJIAN KRITIS TERHADAP USAHA PEMBAHARUAN MENUJU TEOLOGI PRAKTIS

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-26
Author(s):  
Suparman Syukur
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Real ◽  
Belief In God ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: The terminology of various theology concepts is very basic in human life, especially when man realizes that he is a creature that have duty to submissive and obedient to God as his creator. Talking about the relationship between man and God will, so other beliefs to the prophets, angles, and another creatures should be aroused, We must prove everything of ours believing in the real life. Therefore, the study of theological view, also be associated with the functions and obligations of human beings responsible in this life. There are various concepts of belief in God, the Prophets, Angels, and another creatures, is how to become an habit over the years, it becomes very important to be revitalized in a more meaningful understanding of the¬ dynamics of human daily life. Through that theological beliefs, expected to reflect the improvement of human performance and dedication in order to carry out the mandate as earth’s caliph. Abstrak: Terminologi tentang teologi dengan berbagai kosep dan teorinya merupakan hal yang sangat mendasar dalam kehidupan manusia, apalagi ketika menusia me-nyadari bahwa dirinya sebagai makhluk memiliki kuajiban untuk tunduk dan patuh kepada penciptanya Tuhan Yang Maha Esa. Berbicara masalah hubungan antara manusia dan Tuhan akan me¬refleksikan kepercayaan lain yang wajib muncul adanya, seperti kepercayaan kepada Nabi, Malaikat dan kepercayaan kepada makhluk halus lainnya. Keper¬cayaan kepada semuanya itu harus di¬buktikan secara nyata dalam kehidupan keseharian manusia. Oleh karena itu dalam penelitian tentang pemikiran teologi, juga harus dikaitkan dengan fungsi dan kwajiban manusia yang bertanggungjawab dalam ke¬hidupan di dunia ini. Berbagai konsep tentang ke¬percayaan kepada Tuhan, Nabi, Malakat dan lain sebagainya yang bersifat transendental sebagai-mana menjadi kebiasaan selama ini, menjadi sangat penting untuk direvitalisasikan dalam pemahaman yang lebih bermakna demi kepentingan di dunia dalam dinamika keseharian manusia. Melalui pembumian keyakinan teologis itu, diharapkan mampu merefleksikan kepada pe¬n-ingkatan kinerja dan dedikasi manusia dalam rang¬ka mengemban amanat ke¬khalifah¬annya di bumi ini. Keywords: ilmu kalam, khalīfah, al-yasar al-Islāmī, teologi praktis, revitalisasi Turaṡ.

On the plausibility of an integrated approach to disclose social and intangible issues

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Teresa Nardo ◽  
Stefania Veltri
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Real ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Italian Territory

Purpose – The article aims to investigate whether the integration between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and intellectual capital (IC) reports could be a plausible issue. To address this aim, the paper posits three main research questions: whether there is a theory able to explain the relationship between IC and CSR (RQ1); whether empirical surveys provide evidence of the links between CSR activities (CSRA) and IC (RQ2); and whether organizations have started to disclose social and intangible issues in a single document within the Italian context (RQ3). Design/methodology/approach – To answer the RQs, we decided to arrange three different literature reviews. In detail, to address RQ1, we searched for theoretical studies focussing on an resource-based view (RBV) perspective of IC or CSR or both. To address RQ2, we searched for empirical studies addressed to test the links between CSRA and the creation and development of organizational IC. To address RQ3, we searched for empirical studies focussing on companies’ experiences of integration of CSR and IC reports or on surveys on this theme in the Italian context. Findings – All the three literature reviews provide evidence that the trend to move towards an integration of social and IC issues in a single report is a plausible issue, from a theoretical, management and disclosure point of view. Research limitations/implications – The main limit of the research lies in its theoretical nature; however, the study can provide an impulse for further research on the existing trend in the real-life context, and can also provide the theoretical basis on which to build a model that, starting from the relationships among the different kinds of voluntary reports, provides the criteria and methods to integrate the firm’s corporate voluntary reports in a single report. For researchers, this result also has an implication to control for intangibles, for example, assessing the relationship between CSR and corporate performance may explain some of the mixed findings that have occurred in the past. Practical implications – The article inserts CSR and IC within the RBV theory. Such recognition provides managers the theoretical framework to treat them conjointly, being aware that these two dimensions are intertwined. The article also provides evidence that CSRA impact on IC creation and development. The main implication for company managers is that, when developing a strategy aimed at strengthening IC, they should consider not only all components of intellectual capital but, above all, also include CSR actions and attributes in strategy formulation. Finally, the article provides evidence of a trend towards an integration of CSR and IC reports within the Italian territory. An integrated CSR–IC approach could have relevant implications on the development of the Italian territory characterized by a large number of SMEs and networks of firms that are an integral part of the local community, whose success is often related to their capability to acquire consensus from local stakeholders such as employees, public authorities, financial organizations, banks, suppliers and citizens. Originality/value – The article provides three main contributions: first, the paper suggests that the integration of the two different perspectives IC and CSR finds its theoretical justification in the RBV theory, which is scarcely applied to explain the link between these two perspectives; second, the article provides evidence of the real effects that investments in CSR have on the maintenance and developing of organizational IC; third, it provides evidence that there is a trend moving towards an integration of social and IC issues in a single report in the Italian context.

From Women's Piety to Male Devotion: Gender Studies, the Acts of Paul and Thecla, and the Evidence of an Arabic Manuscript

2015 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-593
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Second Century ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Road ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Relationship

When we read early Christian narratives such as the Acts of Paul and Thecla, what is the relationship between the characters portrayed in the story and the “real-life” persons and groups who composed and transmitted the work? In the second-century Greek account, Thecla abandons her fiancé and family to follow Paul and his ascetic message. She endures a trial by fire in Iconium, resists sexual assault on the road to Antioch, and survives attacks by beasts in the Antiochene arena, all the while supported by a wealthy widow as her patron, a friendly lioness as her protector, and a chorus of women in the stadium who extol her perseverance and cry out to the governor for mercy. In the end, after baptizing herself, Thecla is released, dresses herself like a man, and begins preaching the gospel as an itinerant apostle.

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