Constructing Postmodernism

McHale, Brian

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“…Indeed, by bisecting it approximately into halves (between Chapters 10 and 11) allows us again to comprise Ulysses within the present formalism. The first part appears essentially monofractal, while the other is clearly multifractal, though asymmetrically left-sided, just as Rayuela.In fact, this result provides a quantitative argument in favour of the "doubleness" of Ulysses[40].The results, represented in terms of the width ∆α = α max − α min of f(α), where α max and α min denote the beginning and the end of f(α) support, and of the Hurst exponents H = h(2) measuring the degree of persistence in SLV, for the whole studied corpus are collected in Fig. 5.…”

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Quantifying origin and character of long-range correlations in narrative texts

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In natural language using short sentences is considered efficient for communi- long-range correlations in texts and appearance of multifractality indicates that they carry even a nonlinear component. A distinct role of the full stops in inducing the long-range correlations in texts is evidenced by the fact that the above quantitative characteristics on the long-range correlations manifest themselves in variation of the full stops recurrence times along texts, thus in SLV, but to a much lesser degree in the recurrence times of the most frequent words. In this latter case the nonlinear correlations, thus multifractality, disappear even completely for all the texts considered. Treated as one extra word, the full stops at the same time appear to obey the Zipfian rank-frequency distribution, however.

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“…In the 1990s, the term was often rather casually associated with postmodernist approaches (e.g. McHale ; Siebers ). Connor (, p. 8) goes as far as to suggest that heterotopia ‘offers a name for the whole centreless universe of the postmodern’.…”

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The Geographies of Heterotopia

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2013

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This article explores the ongoing fascination with Foucault's brief and rather sketchy idea of heterotopia. Drawing out some key lessons from the most sustained interpretations of this curious spatio‐temporal concept, it addresses weaknesses and potential contradictions and goes on to highlight trends and emerging themes in studies that incorporate the notion. The article argues that although the uses of Foucault's accounts of heterotopia are bewilderingly diverse, heterotopias are most productively understood in the context of Foucault's insistence on ‘making difference’ and their adoption as a tool of analysis to illuminate the multifaceted features of cultural and social spaces and to invent new ones.

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“…The conceptual framework for this proposition rests within a paradigm that must answer questions about the following: (i) its claim to reality, the ontological question; (ii) the personal epistemology associated with this reality; and (iii) the methodology concerning data gathering appropriate for a project of this kind? The order of the discussion reflects the idea that ‘in the postmodern, ontology precedes epistemology’ (McHale, , in Usher et al ., , p. 204). The discussion begins with an examination of systems.…”

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Self-concept: Autopoiesis as the Basis for a Conceptual Framework

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2013

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This paper examines the proposition that self‐concept exists as a networked modular structure in which the modules, consisting of actual or current self‐concept and a number of possible selves, are held together as a dynamical system through an autopoietic process of self‐regulation. In this context, the whole lifeworld of an individual can be thought of as a field that is maintained and/or changed through engagement in various kinds of developmental tasks controlled through self‐regulation. A ‘morphology’ of self‐concept defined in this way involves a dimension ranging from the internal (the person) to the external (the environment) passing through some form of interface. As a system, like any other system, self‐concept is characterized by structure, pattern, and process elements. Self‐concept, therefore, can change and develop yet ‘stay the same’, thus providing the individual, in a reflective and reflexive way, with a personal sense of history, growth, continuity, and change. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Constructing Postmodernism

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Quantifying origin and character of long-range correlations in narrative texts

Quantifying origin and character of long-range correlations in narrative texts

The Geographies of Heterotopia

Self-concept: Autopoiesis as the Basis for a Conceptual Framework

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