Post Tagged with: "Literature"

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  [Mood Riffs] Game of Thrones Mood

  The Starks, Lannisters, Targaryens and Martells: Viewer beware — this is not a family-friendly show.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Dystopian Demand Drain

  What’s the connection between the popularity of dystopian literature and films and social mood?
   
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  [Article] Word Choices in 20th Century US, UK, German and Russian Literature Reflect Social Mood

  During the 20th century, changes in the sentiments of authors’ word choices provide “evidence for distinct historical periods of positive and negative moods.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] China’s Government Cracks Down on Puns

  Programs and advertisements in China must comply with standard spelling and use of characters, words, phrases and idioms.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Still Hungry For Dystopia?

  Executives at Lionsgate Summit Entertainment are confident that the movie market can
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Still Hungry for the Games

  Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games film, is the winner of the 2013 MTV Movie Brawl, making it the most anticipated film of the year.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] In the Mood for de Marquis?

  It was “the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Please Mommy, Everybody’s Reading It!”

  The current social mood is fertile ground for dystopian novels and powerful female protagonists.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Atlas Stumbled

  Timing is everything – even to libertarians.
   
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  [Social Mood Watch] Fifty Shades of Grey: More Readers, Less Understanding?

  Why is there popular appeal of dark fantasies in a time of negative mood?