2015年4月27日星期一
2015年4月26日星期日
10 Synonyms for Search Terms
Disruption of
loneliness/emptiness/depression/isolation
1. cure loneliness
2. cure of loneliness
3. ease loneliness
4. alleviate
loneliness
5. relieve loneliness
6. release loneliness
7. soothe loneliness
8. curing loneliness
9. relief of
loneliness
10. lighten loneliness
11. films about
loneliness
12. feel lonely in
different culture
13. comfort loneliness
14. allay loneliness
15. loneliness among
adults
16. spiritual/ mental
loneliness
17. loneliness in
films/ literature
2015年4月23日星期四
Research Statement
Research
Question:
The purpose of
this literature analysis is to describe the accidental and purposeful disruption
of loneliness displayed in the film Lost
in Translation.
Central
Question:
What does it mean
of loneliness being disrupted accidentally and purposefully?
Sub
Questions:
1. What happen
to Charlotte and Bob that make them feel lonely?
2. How
does the loneliness being disrupted purposefully and accidentally?
3. What changes
happen when loneliness is disrupted purposefully and accidentally?
4. What are
the meanings of the accidental and purposeful disruptions of loneliness?
2015年4月13日星期一
Three moments in “Lost in Translation”
X="Lost
in Translation"
Y=Moments
when Charlotte feels lonely
1. It is four
o’clock in the morning, Charlotte sits on the windowsill and keeps awake while
her husband John sleeps like a log. Then Charlotte lies beside John and
whispers to John, asking whether he is awake. John embraces Charlotte but falls
into sleep very quickly. For a short moment, Charlotte feels good but she still
cannot fall asleep. Then Charlotte sits up in the bed and the night scene
outside the window sets off Charlotte’s sleeplessness and loneliness.
2. In
order to fit in the unfamiliar country, Charlotte takes the subway to the
shrine, hoping to find comfort there. In the shrine, some monks are chanting but
Charlotte does not find anything that makes her comfortable. However, she feels
even more upset. Coming back to the hotel, Charlotte calls her mother. She
tells her mom that she goes to the shrine but she feels nothing, and she also
tries ikebana but nothing makes her feel at home. Then she cries to say that she
does not know who she married. The call is disrupt because Charlotte’s mom gets
another call. When her mother comes back to talk, Charlotte does not want to
talk and she says she will call later. After hanging up the phone, Charlotte sobs,
curling up in the chair in front of the window.
3. Charlotte
and John walk in the hall and suddenly John meets a friend. She is a movie star
and comes to Japan to promote for her action movie. The girl is very excited to
meet John. When John and the girl are talking, Charlotte stands by John and
looks up and down the active girl in front of her. The girl asks John and Charlotte
to go out for a drink and call her alias—Evelyn Waugh. After the girl leaves,
Charlotte smiles slightly and says that Evelyn Waugh is a man’s name. John seems
to be unhappy to Charlotte and says that girl is nice because not everybody
goes to Yale. Smile in Charlotte’s face freezes and she thinks John is defends
the girl. Then both of them walk away unhappily.
2015年4月10日星期五
2015年4月9日星期四
Research Topics from CFP
3 CFP:
1. “Monsters
of Film, Fiction, and Fable: the culture link between human and inhuman (Edited
Collection)”
1)
The collection will examine the cultural connections
of the monstrous, especially focusing on the monsters of modernism and
postmodernism.
2)
Suggested monsters to be discussed:
-
Ghosts
- Leviathons/ behemoths—anything from Mothra to Dragons
- Science Fiction related monsters such as artificial intelligence and cyborgs
- Leviathons/ behemoths—anything from Mothra to Dragons
- Science Fiction related monsters such as artificial intelligence and cyborgs
2.
“Special Session: Temporality
and Childhood”
1)
The panel explores the various
temporalities at play within the binary realms of childhood and adulthood with
the aim of rethinking its teleology of ‘growing up’ from temporal perspective.
2)
No suggested topics.
3.
“Homeliness, Domesticity and
Security in American Culture (Conference)”
1)
The conference will focus on
the construction and the place of “ordinary” viewed from the perspective of
various “home”-inspired discourages, from housing to domestic policy, through
family values, ethics of modesty, simplicity of living, unpretentiousness,
individual and domestic security, American communities, localities and
neighborhoods.
2)
Suggested topics:
-the homely and the natural
-at home and abroad
-hospitality: neighbors, visitors, and strangers
5 Texts
& 3 Elements for each text:
1.
X: Harry Potter Series
Y: Dementor, Cerberus, Basilisko
2.
X: Monsters, Inc.
Y: Mike (Michael Wazowski), Sulley, why children like the monster
3.
X: Dragonslayer
Y: the meaning of the monster; why they kill the monster; what
culture it reflect
4.
X: Wild
Y: shelter in nature, family, growth
5.
X: Boyhood
Y: childhood, adulthood, meaning of family
2015年4月2日星期四
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