A5005419061- Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Balkans: History, Politics, Society
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Modern American Literature Studies
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Religious Education and Schools
- South African History and Culture
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies
- Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Color perception and design
- Educational Methods and Teacher Development
- American Political and Social Dynamics
- Crime and Detective Fiction Studies
University of Johannesburg
2010-2023
University of Missouri–St. Louis
1977
Nineteen odorants were arranged in a two-dimensional space by ALSCAL, nonmetric multidimensional scaling procedure, on the basis of similarity psychological odor quality. Adjective scales concerning hedonic and 'tactile' qualities related to spatial arrangement Physiocochemical properties such as Raman spectra, Laffort's parameters, functional group well.
The o1 model series is trained with large-scale reinforcement learning to reason using chain of thought. These advanced reasoning capabilities provide new avenues for improving the safety and robustness our models. In particular, models can about policies in context when responding potentially unsafe prompts, through deliberative alignment. This leads state-of-the-art performance on certain benchmarks risks such as generating illicit advice, choosing stereotyped responses, succumbing known...
In this article consideration is given to the value of teaching Alan Paton's literature with regard issue social justice, a concept that underpins much current school curriculum. The nature justice examined, as expressed in theories John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Gray and Martha Nussbaum, there an exploration features complexities concept. Cry, Beloved Country (1948. London: Jonathan Cape) Debbie Go Home (1961. are examined attempt assess their relevance curriculum, relation justice.
This article considers the bestselling novel, Jaws, as a text that reflects range of attitudes towards environment and provides points debate regarding manner in which human beings conceptualise their relationship humans have with environment. In addressing this popular explores several elements ecocritical theory through reference to work Greg Garrard, Cheryll Glotfelty, Timothy Clark, Terry Gifford. The also makes J. Cohen’s monster an analytical tool novel. addition, author locates novel...
Curriculum reform was high on the agenda of South Africa's post-apartheid governments. Yet as time passed, initial reforms were seen increasingly problematic, especially when pedagogical realities met policy priorities. There reluctance part policymakers to give up what democratic imperative behind reforms. schools struggled, public responses blamed inadequate attention practical issues undermining implementation reforms.This perspective curriculum implementation, blaming teachers for...
AbstractAbstractThis article explores representations of natural phenomena in the second novel James Bond series, Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die (London: Penguin, [1954] 2008). Several critics have noted enjoyment Fleming derived from his Jamaican home, adjacent to ocean. His relationship with ocean nature, particularly birds, is evident writing. Although firmly thriller/spy genre, many references provide reader points reflection about humanity environment. The demonstrates that although...
This article comments on Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle (1963) and makes brief reference to Slaughterhouse 5 (1969) in terms of how these fictional works provide us with insights into apocalyptic events. work is initially approached from an ecocritical perspective, referencing the Greg Garrard, Arne Naess, Val Plumwood. There also engagement religious views apocalypse, which are reflected characters as well development narrative. In addition, rhetoric apocalypse considered through...
SummaryIn this article the author uses self-reflection and literary theory to address teaching learning methodology used in an English classroom 1970s, which was a student, consequent influence on author’s life- long learning. The text under consideration is Thornton Wilder’s Bridge of San Luis Rey, matter re-reading central article’s focus. investigates matters that are pertinent making meaning reading text, including historical context, how works were critically received, different could...
This article considers the representation of children in Dickens’s most famous Christmas book. Central to is a consideration historical circumstances which book was written, as well own childhood, and possibility redemption through force imagination from negative consequences social personal choices. The changing conception Victorian child, sinfulness that innocence, provides theoretical positioning literary work. role childhood memory its influence on work presented. Edmund Wilson...
This article will outline the aspects of influence and allusion in novel, with reference to Victorian Gothic, classical mythology, psychological double, monster theory, Faustian bargain, mask a prominent memento mori Huysmans’ A Rebours , his description Rodolphe Bresdin’s lithograph, ‘The Comedy Death’. Wilde’s novel is complex, multi-layered text, richer, more profound understanding it becomes possible when situated within this context allusion.
(2008). LINEAGES OF INFLUENCE AND DISPUTE IN SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY STUDIES. English Studies in Africa: Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 5-18.
This article addresses the possibility of interpreting For Whom Bells Tolls (1940. London: Marshall Cavendish) not merely as a novel Spanish Civil War, but also text that provides insights beyond limits historical event itself. Several episodes are considered, and biographical aspects author's concerns interrogated in order to understand novel's wider significance.The explores claim made by Harold Bloom regarding current significance Ernest Hemingway's work, establish relevance for modern readers.