Lesson 5 - Juxtaposition

Friday, July 16, 2010

lectured by Mr.Mustaffa Muzer

JUXTAPOSITION
What is juxtaposition?
◦ Is a side-by-side position and often used for comparison.
◦ Two variables that arranged in either similarities or side by side to get contrast or comparison.
◦ There are two types of juxtaposition, literary and random juxtaposition.

(a) Juxtaposition (literary)
It is refer to synonymous with the contrast, two objects or text that against with each other.

(b) Random Juxtaposition
It is refer to solve problems, design or other creative ideas to stimulate the pursuit of the two facing unrelated concepts or objects.

Example of juxtaposition
This is the example of juxtaposition that mentioned in the class by lecturer


These are some of the juxtaposition which included in 'LOST' movie series.
◦ Love / Hate
◦ East / West
◦ Chaos / Calm
◦ Life / Death
◦ Success / Failure
◦ Brokenness / Hope
◦ Civilization / Wilderness
◦ Committed / Flighty
◦ Turmoil / Serenity
◦ Rationality / Faith
◦ Help / Hindrance
◦ Anger / Brokenness
◦ Lucky / Unlucky
◦ Man / Nature
◦ Static/Changing
◦ Unfeeling/Sympathetic
◦ Torturer/Tortured
◦ Needed / Unwanted
◦ Static / Changing
◦ "Way of Life" / Clean Slate
◦ Follower / Leader
◦ Freedom/Repression

Personal Reflection:
In today lesson, I learned about the definition of juxtaposition. It used a lot combination of ideas to form juxtaposition. Juxtaposition often used side by side to get comparison. For example, party/serve drinks, rain/umbrella, clean/dirty, hot/cold and etc. During the lesson, lecturer also mention that most advertiser often used babies, violence and animals as juxtaposition to attract target audience.

This is one of the juxtaposition which I get from the web.


The juxtaposition of Granite and Steel
photographer: Mark Savage