COMM 444 - Erotic Analysis (prezi) PDF

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A. Erotic Analysis a. Media erotics i. Pleasure: 1. Plaisir (conservative + consumptive) a. The gaze b. Form, genre, and narrative 2. Jouissance (transgressive + productive) a. Texts b. Audiences b. Transgressive Texts i. Writerly (open) texts 1. Intertextuality a. Parodic allusion b. Creative appropriation c. Self-reflexive reference 2. Polyphony a. Dialogic text ii. Carnivalesque Texts 1. Folk humor a. Ritual spectacles b. Comic compositions c. Billingsgate 2. Grotesque realism a. Grotesque body b. Abjection c. Uncrowning d. Ambivalence c. Transgressive Audiences i. (Interpretive) Play 1. Cruising - reading sensually 2. Skimming - reading tactically 3. Surfing - reading creatively ii. (User) Participation 1. Direct-user interface a. Control b. Immersion c. Performance d. User-created content i. Blogs ii. Wikis iii. (Fan) Production 1. Fandom 2. Cultural production

a. Semiotic - poaching B. Intertextuality a. Parodic allusion b. Creative appropriation i. “If I Ruled the World” is a 1996 hit single by Nas that features Lauryn Hill ii. It is based on the 1985 hit of the same name by rapper Kurtis Blow iii. It samples the beat of “Friends” by Whodini iv. Lauryn Hill’s verse borrows from “Walk Right Up To The Sun” by The Delfonics c. Self-Reflexive references i. Woody Allen plays Alvy Singer ii. Alvy Singer’s life resembles Woody Allen’s iii. Both live in New York, both are famous comics, and both went out with Diane Keaton iv. In the Film, Keaton plays a woman named Annie Hall v. Moreover, Keaton is Hall’s stage name C. Polyphony a. Fyodor Dostoyevsky b. David Lynch D. Fan Art E. Fan Fiction...