ENG 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marshall Mcluhan, Imagined Community, Norm (Social)
22 Jan 2018
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Theme in second half of war of the world = apocalypse. War of the worlds at least 7 recreations. Begins in print, radio version, cellular film version, comic, musical, tv series, digital film. Imagined communities: social worlds, enables imagines communities, ex. In a crowd separated and in your own world: cool medium, black marks on white page, requires high cognitive labour, minimal inscriptions, extract experience, encourages detached, critical. Film: visual medium, until 1927 exclusively visual. Interpretation of the novel: stresses certain sections of the novel. What editorial changes are there: extended monologue other planet options, why the elaboration, element of showing off, adding as much detail as possible, look what we can do. Stage an apocalypse because enables to see things more clearly. Laying waste to stable suburban way of living. Wells wants to see something new and fresh. Who (cid:449)e are a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e"re (cid:373)ade of.
