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Exploring Sexting: From Medieval Allegories to Modern Expressions

This study delves into the evolution of sexting, tracing its historical roots from the allegorical works of Jean de Meun's "Roman de la Rose" to Oscar Wilde's "Teleny" and Anaïs Nin's "Delta of Venus." It examines how these texts reflect societal attitudes towards sexuality, relationships, and morality. Key themes include the depiction of desire, the moral implications of erotic literature, and the evolving representation of sexual identity. By analyzing formal qualities like tone, rhythm, and word choice, we uncover how these narratives shape and influence contemporary understandings of intimacy and connection.

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Exploring Sexting: From Medieval Allegories to Modern Expressions

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  1. Sexting Through the Ages English 250 A02 Professor Stephen Ross www.ghostprof.org

  2. Roman de la RoseJean de Muen (c. 1230 CE)

  3. Rosebud!

  4. Georgia O’Keefe Rose

  5. Georgia O’Keefe Lily

  6. Quest Narratives • hero journeys to seek prize/reward • faces implacable enemies (here, Jealousy) • overcomes obstacles (damn hymen!) • achieves objective • usually results in marriage (that means S-E-X) • and prosperity, happiness, children, etc. • profoundly heteronormative

  7. Allegory • metaphor • blatant and obvious – Jealousy is the figure for jealousy • one-to-one relationship between figure and meaning • lessons, lessons, lessons – there is a moral • in case you miss it, you’ll be told • play on morality in this excerpt, though, right?

  8. Teleny“Oscar Wilde,” 1890s

  9. Homosexuality • historical emergence • product of 19thC taxonomy • sin, sin, sin • dare not speak its name • knowledge that is forbidden • knowledge itself as sexy – biblical tradition • Wilde’s Trials

  10. SIN!

  11. Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667)

  12. Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667) • Man according to the Bible

  13. Falls • Satan according to Milton in Paradise Lost (1667) • Man according to the Bible

  14. Temptation of Christ

  15. Dr. Faustusfrom a woodcut illustration of Christopher Marlowe’s play of the same name (1592)

  16. Sex Cab for Cutie • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …? • punctuation, syntax – lots of full-stops, or flow?

  17. how do the nasty bits position the reader/viewer?

  18. how do the nasty bits position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab?

  19. how do they position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab? • and what is up with that ejaculation scene?

  20. The Hot Bits • do these read differently from hetero sex scenes? • how do they position the reader/viewer? • why is this in a cab? • and what is up with that ejaculation scene? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGhsRsHXP8

  21. Delta of Venus IAnaïs Nin (1940-41)

  22. Content/Theme • What happens here?

  23. Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements?

  24. Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters?

  25. Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters? • What’s the setting?

  26. Content/Theme • What happens here? • What are the main thematic elements? • Who are the characters? • What’s the setting? • What makes these things erotic?

  27. Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke?

  28. Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless?

  29. Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained?

  30. Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …?

  31. Form • Formal Qualities • word choice – how do the words sound? what do they evoke? • tone – clinical, passionate, detached, breathless? • rhythm – fast, slow, variable, staccato, sustained? • sentence length – short, long, variable, …? • punctuation, syntax – lots of full-stops, or flow?

  32. Next Week: • Eat or be Eaten? • Readings: • “The Platonic Blow” • from Macho Sluts • “Figs” • Goblin Market • “The Flea” • Humour Piece: “The Disappointment”

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