Rudra Venkatakrishnan ENGL 1101

0 Comments   1 Which came first- the demand for more paper, fueling production, or that more paper was made so people found ways to use it? The demand for more paper came first. As a result, the paper machine was invented by Nicolas Louis Robert in 1798. This machine made the process of making paper automated; people no longer needed to pull, couch, and press the sheet by hand. The machine would make damp sheets of paper in which papermakers would only have to hang them to dry. However, the beginning of papermaking is often associated with China where Chinese Emperor Ts’ai Lun ruled. 2 Who was the museum’s founder and what are some interest facts about his life? William Joseph was born in 1883 into an Ohio family with a history of printing and publishing. He uses the nickname Dard Hunter, but the origin of “Dard” is not known. When he spent time in London he fell in love with European papermaking and printing and expressed his desire to have his own pr...

The Writing on Clay Baron discussed the importance of clay as a writing technology whereas the Pettegree reading focused more on the impact of the printing press. With regards to the printing press, I agree with the idea that it caused a crisis even though this may seem overdramatic. This was one of few inventions which was controversial and people were not sure what to think of it. I understand that there were people who traditionally used manuscripts to hand craft all their writing and books and that the invention of the printing press could be seen as "unpure" writing. What they could mean by unpure is that since many copies could easily be produced with the printing press, this took away from the experience of hand crafting every single detail yourself in a manuscript. This idea is also address in the Baron reading when it compares writing on clay to computer and pencil and paper writing technologies. I believe that even now typing on a computer is not as experiential as ...

VisualEssay Visual Essay Rationale Finding a topic and a specific thread to focus on was the first difficult challenge in this assignment as it would dictate which images and types that I would be using to convey my visual argument. In my case, I considered representing how comics have become the way they have today by visually showing the various forms they have taken from medieval manuscripts to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the 21 st Century. When I tried researching the various ways fictional characters have been conveyed visually, I soon found myself overwhelmed with the number of images that I would have to include had I pursued this thread completely. I was more passionate about the modern action comics since I was naturally more knowledgeable about the current superhero comics, so I changed my thread to show the evolution of the previously comedic centralized comics to the domination of the current superhero action ones. Having decided now to focus on the evolution ...

I find comic books to be most interesting. There are many subtopics to explore within the realm of comic books, from how they started in medieval times as manuscripts to current 21st small paper like book ones. Today, superhero characters dominate the comic book industry and have seen some sort of representation of the character on the movie screen. I am interested in examining this evolutionary change of comic book characters and their impact on the action movie industry from when Superman was introduced in Action Comics #1 in 1938 to his most recent movie in 2017 in Justice League. How the written technology of comic strips changed to comic books to action shows, and to present action movies interests me the most and I wish to learn more about this change.

In my opinion authorship is the creator of the ideas that are being communicated in the published text. The author can determined by simply reading the text and identifying whose ideas are being communicated. One question I had was what are the themes of the Book of Margery and also what was the historical context of the society Margery lived in. I agree with the fact Margery should be view as the author. This is because on page 6 of the reading, there is a paragraph which details the logical reasoning used: Margery, in her flesh and blood, creates Margery the implied author who creates Margery the character, hence Margery is preserved. Although the narrative may have been altered by the means of dialogism affecting the perspective, including the use of the word "creature" to describe Margery, the character and majority of the story originates from Margery's conception of these thoughts. Therefore, Margery is assumed to be an author even with the priests who have altered ...

Literacy Narrative

One question I had was when is it more useful to use a visual argument as opposed to a verbal one? Another one I had was when would a more verbal central argument be more effective? In this political cartoon, there is a poster with writing on it and in front of it are 4 children who look obese. In the US, the cultural context of this political cartoon is that there is a child obesity problem that is prevalent. In another country this message would not make as much sense especially also because of the "recruitment" poster being American in originality. The use of this figure obviously makes the point that the government wants people to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. Ironically, the kids who are standing right in front of the poster are eating a corndog and drinking a high sugar content soft drink. The poster alone with the words is not enough to convey the message, but the idle of the children in reaction to the poster shows how many children have still ignored ...