[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday waffle...
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 11:58:14 -0400
That's interesting, Steve. I only use the bit where the alien and
Picard exchange stories as the alien lies dying. I tell my classics
students that the story they're learning has and will continue to stand
the test of time as here it is alive and well in the 24th century. I
also refer to a lot of ST in my intro phil course. I've seen somewhere
on the net that someone is teaching a 'philosophy of Star Trek' course.
I know there's such a book as well.
And that should have been, "Temba -- his arms wide."
Ursula
North Bay
Steven G. Cameron wrote:
>Ursula Stange wrote:
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>>This article came across my screen this morning and seemed related to
>>the Sunday waffle. It reminded me of an old Star Trek episode where
>>the crew must try to communicate with an alien people who speak only
>>in metaphor. I've occasionally used part of the episode in my class
>>because Capt. Picard tells the story of Gilgamesh. I believe it was
>>called "Darmok" but the most memorable line was "Temba, with arms
>>wide."
>>
>>
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>**The "Darmok" episode is extremely useful in my communication courses
>-- been showing it for years also, Ursula. Communication by metaphor
>only -- is an incredible concept to grasp for undergrad Comm. majors.
>
>TC,
>
>/Steve Cameron, NJ
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>>Coincidentally, I reread this week, George Orwell's little treatise
>>on the demise of the English language. He makes the point that some
>>metaphors get so old and stale that they no longer carry their
>>original meaning with them and get used entirely superficially (and
>>misquoted into the bargain). His example was the use of 'towing the
>>line' for 'toeing the line.' What power can a metaphor have if half
>>the population associates the wrong image with it? Perhaps it
>>doesn't matter, though. The phrase eventually takes on a meaning of
>>its own which we can learn from context. We understand the idea of
>>limelight, for instance, even when we don't know why it's called
>>that.
>>
>>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000BE01D-E7E3-1294-A7E383414B7F0000
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>>
>>Ursula, towing the line all by herself in North Bay
>>
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