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Thoughts on Freud’s ‘Dora’
Hello lovely people of cyber space! I have not blogged since before the break, so I am very excited to be posting some jumbled thoughts on the case study, ‘Dora’. To be honest, I’m not exactly sure what to make … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Catherine Morland: more interesting than I first thought
In Arts One this term we read Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (we’re reading the “Oxford World’s Classics” edition, edited by James Kinsely and John Davie, so that’s what the page numbers below refer to). In class we discussed how the protagonist, Catherine Morland, seems not a terribly interesting character. She’s naive, simple-minded, easily swayed by […] Continue reading →
Links on Freud
I just found a website that has some good basic information on several of Freud’s theories: http://www.victorianweb.org/science/freud/index.html I’ve put this on the page that has links about texts, accessible under “Links” in the menus above: http://blogs.ubc.ca/arts1hendricks/links-about-texts/ I’ll add more things … Continue reading →
Dress, Balls, Flirtations and Quizzes
There’s a great many things that Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen isn’t. An interesting novel to read is one of them. On the other hand, Northanger Abbey in my opinion is somewhat of a good social commentary on the times, but not just of 19th century England but unwittingly of 21st century culture as well. One can’t help […] Continue reading →
Jane Austen and zombies
When I first saw the reading list for Arts One: Remake/Remodel, I was immediately struck by Shaun of the Dead. Having seen this film about a year ago and very much enjoying it, I was thrilled to think we were going to study this zombie comedy… but I was also pretty confused. Why was it on […] Continue reading →
Northanger Abbey (?)
So I did not realize that this week was my week to blog so here is another post from yours truly. Let me start off by saying that Macs are very hard to work with and I deleted this post 100x before publishing this (accidentally). Anyway, I used to collect Jane Austen books as a […] Continue reading →
Northanger Abbey (?)
So I did not realize that this week was my week to blog so here is another post from yours truly. Let me start off by saying that Macs are very hard to work with and I deleted this post 100x before publishing this (accidentally). Anyway, I used to collect Jane Austen books as a […] Continue reading →
Let’s Talk about Dicks Baby
So here is the post we have all been waiting for, Freud’s Dora! To begin; Penis, Dick, Cock, Member, Organ, Lollipop, disco stick, Anaconda, Black mamba, manhood, Baby Maker, Second head, Bald Eagle, woody, Cattle prod, dong, schlong etc. Now … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Oh, that novel!—Northanger Abbey!
Time to oil and spin the gears, a new year—and a new set of blog posts—has come ’round. Today’s topic is Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey; I guess I’ve got two things I like to mention about this book, its use of … Continue reading → Continue reading →
an unapologetic critique of the Haitian Invasion and boycotting Pride and Prejudice
dearest and most loyal readers, I apologize for my long and unexpected absence. i’m sure that you were most pained by it and can only hope that my future posts will make amends for this grievous blow. in regards to … Continue reading → Continue reading →
