EN266 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tabloid Journalism, Ragtime, Sex Symbol
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Given out online through mls the first day of exams, then hand it back 5 days later. Short essay style, similar to the midterm. Not a novel" about ragtime (music), a novel in ragtime (the spirit, the way of dealing with time that is- with history) Left hand plays more steady beat, keeping 2/4 or 4/4 time. Right hand hitting off beats, falling in between" major notes- ragging time. From red light district in st. louis- immensely popular. Question for us how does this novel rag time? . Understand what the pattern means, turn it into your own words and how to recognize this and what to do with it, how to deal with it. Cultural mixing: popular musical forms, an explosion. Ragging time: improvising the story between glimpses of truth. Drawings to photography, a live model, one of the first in. Invented the idea of the sex symbol: evelyn newspapers. Tabloid journalism: exploiting her for commercial ends.
