literary studies
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It’s the Apocalypse… Again: Fandom and Fantasy in HBO’s “The Last of Us”
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[[A critical analysis on the works of various apocalypse stories, including the new HBO series The Last of Us.]] The apocalypse story is a popular genre in media, with a wide range of works depicting different versions of a world-ending event. These stories can take many forms, from the zombie of George A. Romero’s “Night…
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FLCL Retrospective: The Hero’s (Horny) Journey
anime, anthropology, Art, book review, comparative literature, critical analysis, critical theory, culture, fable, fairytale, film studies, film theory, FLCL, folklore, Gux, hero’s journey, japanese, japanese literature, Joseph Campbell, literary analysis, literary studies, lore, manga, media critic, media studies, media theory, myth, Mythology, pop culture, pop culture studies, review, storytelling, surrealism, television, tropes, ui, urban legend, UxFLCL, oh gimme that foo-ri coo-ri. The early 2000’s found me sneaking into my mom’s tv room to catch Adult Swim’s broadcast of a bizarre six-episode… what I would call event, about yet another boy caught up in mecha-madness. Now, before I managed to write this off as some offbrand random wannabe EVA, I found…
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Three Chinese Fables to Guide Your Life
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Many Chinese fables tell an entertaining story to illustrate a moral lesson. Here are a few such stories. Stopping Halfway, Never Comes One’s Day In the Warring States Period, in the state of Wei lived a man called Leyangtsi. His wife was very angelic and virtuous, who was loved and respected dearly by the husband. One day, Leyangtsi…
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Welcome to the Floating World of Ukiyo. We’re not going to stop there, oh, no, we’ll encounter literary and artistic movements from throughout the brilliant minds of East Asia. Great and minor, from modern to the ends of memory, time, space.
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
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Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 