INTRODUCTION: a narrator a presenter an audience

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1 INTRODUCTION: a narrator a presenter an audience
Brave New World Lesson 3 INTRODUCTION: a narrator a presenter an audience

2 AUTHOR-READER CHARACTERS
Brave New World Lesson 3 AUTHOR-READER CHARACTERS CHARACTERS CAN BE: FLAT ROUND

3 Brave New World Lesson 3 MONSTROSITY A fascination of British culture with monstrosity – cartoons. Here used to denounce a caste society.

4 HOW TO AVOID BEING BORING
Brave New World Lesson 3 HOW TO AVOID BEING BORING H. Describes the new system to reproduce human beings as a way to describe the new society. Two things at once: a shortcut to keep the reader’s attention

5 IS HE SERIOUS? CONVINCING?
Brave New World Lesson 3 IS HE SERIOUS? CONVINCING? One thing we have to decide as reader is the genre of the narration we are reading. Adventure novel? Realistic novel? Comedy? WHAT CONCERNS H. IS MORE THE PLAUSIBILITY OF THE RISK THAN ITS PRESENT REALITY.

6 The Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Brave New World Lesson 3 The Hatchery and Conditioning Centre Science as techninque, not as enquire. More baconian than Bacon. The moving assembly line: Ford, the T model.

7 Brave New World Lesson 3 WITH CHAPTER 2 WE MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND FROM BOTTOM TO TOP: FIRST TO THE 5° FLOOR, THEN TO THE 14° FLOOR.

8 Brave New World Lesson 3 THE HIGHER WE GO THE CLOSER WE ARE TO THE FINAL PRODUCT, JUST LIKE IN A ASSEMBLY LINE FACTORY

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10 TO BE IN THE CITY WITHOUT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE CITY
Brave New World Lesson 3 BUT HEIGHT HAS ALSO A CLASS CONNOTATION: THE HIGHER, THE MORE POWERFUL. TO BE IN THE CITY WITHOUT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE CITY

11 IVAN PAVLOV (1849-1936): RIFLESSO CONDIZIONATO STIMOLO CONDIZIONANTE
Brave New World Lesson 3 IVAN PAVLOV ( ): RIFLESSO CONDIZIONATO STIMOLO CONDIZIONANTE

12 Brave New World Lesson 3 HYPNOPAEDIA A SUBTLER WAY OF CONDITIONING PEOPLE: NOT THROUGH VIOLENCE AND PUNISHMENT BUT THROUGH WORDS. IN MANY WAYS IT’S THE GREATEST AMBITION OF ANY DICTATOR OR AUTHORITARIAN RULER: TO HAVE A “SPONTANEOUS” CONSENSUS

13 Brave New World Lesson 3 ANTONIO GRAMSCI: “Vi è distinzione fra direzione - egemonia intellettuale e morale - e dominio - esercizio della forza repressiva: «Un gruppo sociale è dominante dei gruppi avversari che tende a liquidare o a sottomettere anche con la forza armata, ed è dirigente dei gruppi affini e alleati. 61]

14 Brave New World Lesson 3 Un gruppo sociale può e anzi deve essere dirigente già prima di conquistare il potere governativo (è questa una delle condizioni principali per la stessa conquista del potere); dopo, quando esercita il potere ed anche se lo tiene fortemente in pugno, diventa dominante ma deve continuare ad essere anche dirigente».

15 A transitional chapter from description to action.
Brave New World Lesson 3 CHAPTER 3 A transitional chapter from description to action. Transition carried out with overlapping technique, typical of the cinema: many strands of the plot told at the same time. THE LIMIT OF WORDS

16 Brave New World Lesson 3 NARRATION IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF REVELATIONS AND SECRETS. IF EVERYTHING IS KNOWN, THERE’S NOTHING TO NARRATE. BUT IN ORDER TO TELL A STORY i HAVE TO REVEAL SOMETHING

17 WARM JUNE SUNSHINE:VERY UN-BRITISH.
Brave New World Lesson 3 THE WEATHER: WARM JUNE SUNSHINE:VERY UN-BRITISH. THE KIND OF WEATHER WE ASSOCIATE WITH HAPPINESS, PARTICULARLY IF WE ARE USED TO RAIN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

18 CHILDREN ARE PLAYING AT SOM SEXUAL GAME: A REVERSAL OF VALUES.
Brave New World Lesson 3 CHILDREN ARE PLAYING AT SOM SEXUAL GAME: A REVERSAL OF VALUES. REINFORCED BY THE ONE WHO DOESN’T WANT TO PLAY. YET HOW CAN THERE BE ROOM FOR A “REBEL”?

19 OLD AND NEW CHARACTERS: LENINA HENRY FOSTER MUSTAFA MOND BERNARD MARX
Brave New World Lesson 3 OLD AND NEW CHARACTERS: LENINA HENRY FOSTER MUSTAFA MOND BERNARD MARX