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The following is a theoretical study of ''BLAST'' magazine conducted through digital means and techniques. | The following is a theoretical study of ''BLAST'' magazine conducted through digital means and techniques. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'' was a literary magazine that birthed an artistic and social movement called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticism Vorticism]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Lewis Wyndham Lewis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Ezra Pound], the founders of the Vorticist movement, were also effectively the chief authors of the two-issue magazine. ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'' contained, among other piece of literature, an aggressive manifesto by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Lewis Lewis] "blasting" conventional British art and culture and proclaiming the Vorticist aesthetic: ‘The New Vortex plunges to the heart of the Present – we produce a New Living Abstraction’. Incidentally, World War I broke out roughly one month after the publication of the first issue. The cultural and political tensions that fueled Vorticism were now at a dangerous climax...how would this affect the heart of the movement? | + | ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'' was a literary magazine that birthed an artistic and social movement called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticism Vorticism]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Lewis Wyndham Lewis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Ezra Pound], the founders of the Vorticist movement, were also effectively the chief authors of the two-issue magazine. ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'' contained, among other piece of literature, an aggressive manifesto by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Lewis Lewis] "blasting" conventional British art and culture and proclaiming the Vorticist aesthetic: ‘The New Vortex plunges to the heart of the Present – we produce a New Living Abstraction’. Incidentally, World War I broke out roughly one month after the publication of the first issue. The cultural and political tensions that fueled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticism Vorticism] were now at a dangerous climax...how would this affect the heart of the movement? |
| − | In our exploration of ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'', we chose to examine both the rhetorical and visual aspects of the content and, in doing so, aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I impacted the continuation of Vorticism. | + | In our exploration of ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST]'', we chose to examine both the rhetorical and visual aspects of the content and, in doing so, aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I impacted the continuation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticism Vorticism]. |
We believe that the outbreak of World War I is what caused the significant differences in the issues of ''BLAST'' and that, because of this, Vorticism remained an underlining factor in the magazine. | We believe that the outbreak of World War I is what caused the significant differences in the issues of ''BLAST'' and that, because of this, Vorticism remained an underlining factor in the magazine. | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
| − | Below is an interactive timeline delineating the events that are relevant to our discussion of '' | + | Below is an interactive timeline delineating the events that are relevant to our discussion of ''[http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?id=1143209523824844&view=mjp_object BLAST].'' |
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<iframe src='https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1kO2EXFy5Vxr6FWRsz3TIhj6EyuiJOCrslrMlrKIIAYY&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650' width='100%' height='650' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder='0'></iframe> | <iframe src='https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1kO2EXFy5Vxr6FWRsz3TIhj6EyuiJOCrslrMlrKIIAYY&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650' width='100%' height='650' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder='0'></iframe> | ||
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==Text Mining== | ==Text Mining== | ||
| − | Visualization software from Voyant Tools was essential to our rhetorical analysis of ''BLAST.'' By examining and comparing the usage of words that are central to the content, we can make conclusions about how the authors' intent changed between issues. | + | Visualization software from [http://voyant-tools.org Voyant Tools] was essential to our rhetorical analysis of ''BLAST.'' By examining and comparing the usage of words that are central to the content, we can make conclusions about how the authors' intent changed between issues. |
We chose to utilize the Trends and Bubbleline widgets as they help to show the rise or decline of the use of our words of interest between issues. | We chose to utilize the Trends and Bubbleline widgets as they help to show the rise or decline of the use of our words of interest between issues. | ||
