scholarly journals The Application of Bakhtin’s “Heteroglossia” to Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Raja Khaleel Al-Khalili
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Heterogeneous Structure ◽  
White Americans ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
American Society ◽  
A Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
Insight Into

Tennessee William in A Streetcar Named Desire shows the struggles of middle class Americans as they undergo socio-ideological contradictions. The research applies Bakhtin’s theory that is defined in his book The Dialogic Imagination and specifically applies heteroglossia on A Streetcar Named Desire. Edward Said’s concept of “orientalism” is useful because Said’s concept explains the link between the problems of American society and its heterogeneous structure. Theplay explores the effects of diversity on American society. The characters in the play perceive their lives as a reflection of their linguistically diverse surrounding which is closely tied to the American experience. The play also shows how diversity is seen as a negative presence in America. The research shows how the play is heteroglot by examining the characters’ stories. The play’s narratives reflect the two faces of how the middle class white Americans see the diversity of American culture. The research recommends that the analysis of plays based on the concept of “heteroglossia” could yield more insight into the other plays by Williams.

Broadening the Picture of Nineteenth-Century Baptists: How Battles with Catholicism Moved Baptists Toward Separationism

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-486
Author(s):  
Marty McMahone
Keyword(s):  
Southern Baptist ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Church And State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southern Baptist Convention ◽  
Religious Liberty ◽  
The Other ◽  
Biblical Authority ◽  
American Experience ◽  
American Society

Discussions about the historical meaning of religious liberty in the United States often generate more heat than light. This has been true in the broad discussion of the meaning of the First Amendment in American life. The debate between “separationists” and “accommodationists” is often contentious and seldom satisfying. Both sides tend to believe that a few choice quotes that seem to disprove the other side's position prove their own. Each side is tempted to miss the more nuanced story that is reflected in the American experience. In recent years, this division has been reflected among those who call themselves Baptists. One group, best represented by the work of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, tends to argue that the Baptist heritage is clearly steeped in the separation of church and state. The other group, probably best represented by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, tends to reject the term separation and sees value in promoting an American society that “affirms and practices Judeo-Christian values rooted in biblical authority.” This group tends to reject the separationist perspective as a way of defending religious liberty. They argue that Baptists have defended religious liberty without moving to the hostility toward religion that they see in separationism. Much like the broad story of America, the Baptist story is considerably more complicated than either side makes it appear.

scholarly journals The Surge of Young Americans from Minority-White Mixed Families & Its Significance for the Future

Daedalus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-214
Author(s):  
Richard Alba
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Data System ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
American Society ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Demographic Evolution

Abstract The number of youth from mixed majority-minority families, in which one parent is White and the other minority, is surging in the early twenty-first century. This development is challenging both our statistical schemes for measuring ethnicity and race as well as our thinking about their demographic evolution in the near future. This essay summarizes briefly what we know about mixed minority-White Americans and includes data about their growing numbers as well as key social characteristics of children and adults from mixed backgrounds. The essay concludes that this phenomenon highlights weaknesses in our demographic data system as well as in the majority-minority narrative about how American society is changing.

scholarly journals Tennessee Williams’ Awareness of Feminist Issues in A Streetcar Named Desire —From Readers to Ideal Readers

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Yan HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Reader Response ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tennessee Williams ◽  
Deep Sympathy ◽  
Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
The One ◽  
A Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
Reader Response Criticism ◽  
The Ideal

On the one side, as a male, Tennessee Williams showed a strong awareness on feminist issues because of his special personal experience, which can be proved by his many plays portraying women. On the other side, he expressed admiration to the muscular beauty of men. A Streetcar Named Desire can be seen as a play to display the conflict in Williams’ mind and to demonstrate his deep sympathy to women. By constructing the confrontation between hero and heroine, Tennessee succeeded guiding readers to the ideal readers to share what in his mind. In this thesis, the author will use the theory of Reader-Response Criticism to explore Tennessee’s awareness on feminist issues, and display how he converted the real readers to the ideal ones step by step.

scholarly journals ПРАГМАТИКО-СТИЛІСТИЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПЕРЕКЛАДУ ДРАМАТИЧНОГО ТЕКСТУ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ ТВОРУ Т. ВІЛЬЯМСА «A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE» ТА ЙОГО УКРАЇНСЬКОМОВНОГО ТА РОСІЙСЬКОМОВНОГО ВАРІАНТІВ)

2019 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Нечай Н. В.
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Proper Names ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
Selection Principles ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Individual Style

This study attempts to provide some insight into the relevance of cultural factors in the translation of dramatic texts. The present research aims at determining the ways of adequate reproduction of national and cultural identity of the play of Tennessee Williams “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The article deals with the most effective ways of translation of phraseological units and proper names in drama. The main problem during the translation of phraseological units and proper names is determined; it lies in the fact that they have a certain stylistic feature, expressiveness that are depended on the context. The combination of several approaches within a single study makes it possible to describe the peculiarities of the individual style of the writer, and this provides a complete understanding of the selection principles of linguistic means by the author.

scholarly journals Desire for the other and the Iterable Identity in the Social Context: A Postmodern Reading of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Noorbakhsh Hooti ◽  
Ali Salehi
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tennessee Williams ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
The Social ◽  
Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
A Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
The Mind

Abstract In postmodern outlook, the boundary between the different divisions made inside the mind is blurred. It is the Other of one’s self that indirectly defines the identity of a character or makes it abject. The purpose of this study is to recognize the adjustment identity of Blanche in “The Streetcar Named Desire” in diverse social contexts. The identity of Blanche is under surveillance through some key elements in the postmodern bedrock. The chains of signifiers that are produced by the considered character distinguish the mayhem of the mind that is trying to find a new identity in the altered social context. The study aims to unravel the desire for the Other or the hidden alter that is trying to adapt itself to the new environment while the character is unraveled as abject for the others in the special context. The dangling state of Blanche’s mind is exposed through multiple features of the concepts to embody the blurring border between the Other and the self.

scholarly journals The Unfit Female Characters in two Tennessee Williams' Plays: A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Maria Rubel Fanini
Keyword(s):  
Tennessee Williams ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Material Characteristics ◽  
Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
Social Praxis ◽  
Glass Menagerie ◽  
American Society ◽  
A Streetcar Named Desire ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Glass Menagerie

<p><span lang="EN-US">Two female characters were chosen to be analysed in this essay: Laura and Blanche from the plays The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire respectively written by Tennessee Williams (1911-83), an American playwright born in Columbus, Mississipi. There are many essays about these two plays but we decided to write ano ther one because we, like the author, feel sympathetic towards these two characters and writing about them is the way we found to trying to understand why their fate is so tragic and sad. We came to certain conclusions: the two women failed to succe ed because the personal features of their personality (tenderness, shyness, romanticism, restraint) contradict the objective and material characteristics of a society in which individualism, Social Darwnisim and competitiveness prevail. And although the two plays portray the American society in the late ‘30s and in the‘40s the author, through the characters’fall, criticizes our social "praxis" that was, and still is, based upon the lack of humanity and friendship.<strong></strong></span></p>

A Bird in the Hand Isn’t Good for Long

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Scherbaum ◽  
Simon Frisch ◽  
Maja Dshemuchadse
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Control Processes ◽  
Folk Wisdom ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract. Folk wisdom tells us that additional time to make a decision helps us to refrain from the first impulse to take the bird in the hand. However, the question why the time to decide plays an important role is still unanswered. Here we distinguish two explanations, one based on a bias in value accumulation that has to be overcome with time, the other based on cognitive control processes that need time to set in. In an intertemporal decision task, we use mouse tracking to study participants’ responses to options’ values and delays which were presented sequentially. We find that the information about options’ delays does indeed lead to an immediate bias that is controlled afterwards, matching the prediction of control processes needed to counter initial impulses. Hence, by using a dynamic measure, we provide insight into the processes underlying short-term oriented choices in intertemporal decision making.

Correlational Methods for Analysis of Dance Movements

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (supplement) ◽  
pp. 283-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Brick ◽  
Steven M. Boker
Keyword(s):  
Motion Capture ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Motion Capture Data ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Dance Movements ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Insight Into

Among the qualities that distinguish dance from other types of human behavior and interaction are the creation and breaking of synchrony and symmetry. The combination of symmetry and synchrony can provide complex interactions. For example, two dancers might make very different movements, slowing each time the other sped up: a mirror symmetry of velocity. Examining patterns of synchrony and symmetry can provide insight into both the artistic nature of the dance, and the nature of the perceptions and responses of the dancers. However, such complex symmetries are often difficult to quantify. This paper presents three methods – Generalized Local Linear Approximation, Time-lagged Autocorrelation, and Windowed Cross-correlation – for the exploration of symmetry and synchrony in motion-capture data as is it applied to dance and illustrate these with examples from a study of free-form dance. Combined, these techniques provide powerful tools for the examination of the structure of symmetry and synchrony in dance.

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