Re: Self-Introduction, Hello!

"Rbrunski [email protected] [delany-list]" <[email protected]> Sat, 24 May 2014 11:36:18 -0500
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Carry on Noah. But since I didn't understand much of your third paragraph, =
I'm not sure I have any value added for you. I don't even know what "NRM" m=
eans.  And Bing was no help at all. It suggested "National Railway Museum."=
  I guess I'm like Denny listening to Lanya and Kid talk.=20
Ric

> On May 24, 2014, at 7:53 AM, "[email protected] [delany-list]" <delan=
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> This is just a quick introduction of myself and perhaps even a refresher =
of who's (in)active in this group, so we can all build a rapport!=20
>=20
> Facts: My name is Noah, a masters student of Art/Religion at the Graduate=
 Theological Union in Berkeley CA, from the Philadelphia region.
>=20
> I am beginning to collect and weld/meld together the elements for my M.A.=
 thesis, and it will be focusing primarily on Delany's Dhalgren in various =
ways. I have recently worked on several facets of the novel in a more restr=
ictive, case-study manner: the function, discourse, and ultimate rhetoric o=
f the monastery (especially as related to shifts away from Christian esoter=
icism and towards NRM communal living in the 1960s); how Dhalgren foregroun=
ds itself as a subjective force and a passive object  in SF canonization an=
d tropes; and most importantly, beginning to explore the potentials of a di=
algoue between process philosophy/theology (Whitehead) and literary theory =
(Butler, Delany, Foucault).=20
>=20
> More a mouthful there than I intended! I look forward to engaging with al=
l of you. There are several projects I've either started or contemplated th=
at I would love to discuss - one is a crude "concordance" of various motifs=
, structural patterns, and symbols in Dhalgren, (assuming I receive a PhD i=
n the next few decades, my dream project is to publish an Annotated Dhalgre=
n, similar to the one for Ulysses). I also have been plumbing the interwebs=
 for intertextualities - art, photography, music, homages, etc.=20
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> Go well,
> Noah Lyons
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<div>Carry on Noah. But since I didn't understand much of your third paragraph, I'm not sure I have any value added for you. I don't even know what "NRM" means. &nbsp;And Bing was no help at all. It suggested "National Railway Museum." &nbsp;I guess I'm like Denny listening to Lanya and Kid talk.&nbsp;</div><div>Ric</div><div><br>On May 24, 2014, at 7:53 AM, "<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [delany-list]" &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>












 

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      <p>Hello all,<br><br>This is just a quick introduction of myself and perhaps even a refresher of who's (in)active in this group, so we can all build a rapport! <br><br>Facts: My name is Noah, a masters student of Art/Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA, from the Philadelphia region.<br><br>I am beginning to collect and weld/meld together the elements for my M.A. thesis, and it will be focusing <span style="font-style:italic;">primarily</span> on Delany's Dhalgren in various ways. I have recently worked on several facets of the novel in a more restrictive, case-study manner: the function, discourse, and ultimate rhetoric of the monastery (especially as related to shifts away from Christian esotericism and towards NRM communal living in the 1960s); how Dhalgren fo
 regrounds itself as a subjective force and a passive object&nbsp; in SF canonization and tropes; and most importantly, beginning to explore the potentials of a dialgoue between process philosophy/theology (Whitehead) and literary theory (Butler, Delany, Foucault). <br><br>More a mouthful there than I intended! I look forward to engaging with all of you. There are several projects I've either started or contemplated that I would love to discuss - one is a crude "concordance" of various motifs, structural patterns, and symbols in Dhalgren, (assuming I receive a PhD in the next few decades, my dream project is to publish an Annotated Dhalgren, similar to the one for Ulysses). I also have been plumbing the interwebs for intertextualities - art, photography, music, homages, etc. <br><br>Go we
 ll,<br>Noah Lyons<br></p><p><span><br class="yui-cursor"></span></p><p></p>

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