Heard in Class at The Johns Hopkins University
Abstract:
September 12, 2005.
Body:
After it's established that The
"Orient" comes from an older meaning of the word, which is "east," trying to
illustrate that it relies on the assumption of Europe being
normal:
Instructor:
East of
what?
Student:
The Middle East?
Later,
after showing a silent film. Note that this is a 300-level film
course:
Student:
It's like a book with visuals in
between!
Instructor:
Yes, it's a silent film and those are called inter-titles.
Posted: Monday - September 12, 2005 at 03:06 PM