Southeast Asian Literature and Film in Translation
Sophaneth Usphea
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Dialogue with friend to develop the blog
We have discussed the topic of the work. the theme, style, and how to separate our works or blog into small pieces.For the 8 minutes straight we talk about how to deal with a brief interview, to go through on rubric provided by the professor ...
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Introduction to S.E Asia
Here is my thought toward how southeast Asia is portrayed on the western media. I believe that the western media portray Southeast Asia as a “conflicted place” due to our language barrier, culturally different, and colonized by western country...
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The First Quiz
After discussion in class for past few weeks, we have developed a basic understanding regard post colonialism. However, understanding the context alone is not enough, we need to demonstrate how we have read or view the material thoughtfully or critically and prove the knowledge by responding to 5 difference questions with some evidence to back up our claim as wel ...
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Pair Assignment: The Gate
The shadow of colonialism may still be seen in Cambodia today. For example, we have integrated French language into our school curriculum, as well as French architecture in various provinces, such as Battambang province ...
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Group Assignment 1: Voice Out of Nowhere
The brutal regime under leader Pol Pot, in power from 1975-1979. There were many unspeakable things happened under the regime. The people in Cambodia are still living in fear to this day. The elder avoid talking about the talking because they are still afraid ...
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Group Assignment 2: Mae Nak
Southeast Asia uses the ghost as the representation of spirit of the dead people. There are many types of ghosts, but mostly in the horror film, they represent people who died in a tragic way, or still has procession in life that they unwilling to let go. For instance ...
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Interview with Bill Ashcroft
Who is Bill Ashcroft ? Bill Ashcroft is a Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. A prominent critic and theorist, co-author of the groundbreaking The Empire Writes Back, the first work to investigate comprehensively a subject now known as "postcolonial studies," and one of the founding exponents of postcolonial theory
