English @ SUNY Geneseo | Lizzie Messana | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/eam24/activity/ Activity feed for Lizzie Messana. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 971e182430f1728454c3e22d7dd9d697 Lizzie Messana commented on the post, "Seven Psychopaths" as a Commentary on Filmmaking, on the site Film Talk http://filmtalk.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/04/26/seven-psychopaths-as-a-commentary-on-filmmaking/#comment-4314 Mon, 01 May 2017 17:26:14 -0500 Kate, I also agree that this film provides an interesting perspective on filmmaking in Hollywood. This movie, like you mentioned, is very aware of itself as a movie, as demonstrated through Marty’s movie script b […]

]]> c32dc7381a5a0a115b26e90e518d0cbd Lizzie Messana started the topic Tentative Thoughts on Gender Politics in Silence of the Lambs in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/tentative-thoughts-on-gender-politics-in-silence-of-the-lambs/ Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:46:14 -0500 (**I know this is my third post on this movie, but this was the first time watching the film, and the more I think about it, the more I find it interesting!)

The gender politics in this film is really interesting to me, and because I haven’t fully been able to make sense of it all, I don’t want to make any definitive claims. But something tha…[Read more]

]]> b5de21036fd0c64f0ddac516eef5b6c0 Lizzie Messana replied to the topic The True Villain in Silence of the Lambs? in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-true-villain-in-silence-of-the-lambs/#post-1025 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:16:23 -0500 Emily, I agree with you that Hannibal’s support for Claire makes him likeable to the audience. What I find more interesting, however, is your point about Hannibal as a mentor figure, especially because I had been thinking about this in tandem with Alison Lurie’s observation of mentorship in The Classic Fairy Tales. Lurie observes that female her…[Read more]

]]> 01bcf0cac1a8c57d4ff78443e02efa1c Lizzie Messana started the topic The True Villain in Silence of the Lambs? in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-true-villain-in-silence-of-the-lambs/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 03:01:04 -0500 This didn’t really fit with my post about female heroism, so I decided to make another post because I was curious about everyone’s opinions. Like I mentioned in my first post, Clarice is #6 hero on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains. Hannibal Lector is #1 villain, and he is often described as the epitome of the anti-hero. I think, then, it…[Read more]

]]> d22e7891402650fd52be113b243faffd Lizzie Messana started the topic Silence of the Lambs and Female Heroism in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/silence-of-the-lambs-and-female-heroism/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:57:56 -0500 When Dr. Gillin introduced this week’s film in terms of a girl seeking to become a knight after her father is killed, a classmate and I discussed how we expected the film to play out. We speculated that the girl would become a knight despite the patriarchal weight bearing down on her shoulders, surpass everyone’s expectations of a woman, and gai…[Read more]

]]> 41c4b6c5d65e5126cccdda46e9af5456 Lizzie Messana replied to the topic Pre-existing Relationships in Wit in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/pre-existing-relationships-in-wit/#post-1004 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:02:46 -0500 Michael, I appreciate your analysis of Vivian’s journey in the film. Although very begrudgingly, I liked your analysis of Dr. Posner’s role in the film. To me, he was such an unlikeable character because of the flippancy with which he treated Vivian as a human being, and his speech about the “awesomeness” of cancer was almost unbearable to watch.…[Read more]

]]> 1db7e947946be956037c012b9d3a568e Lizzie Messana replied to the topic Surprised Marshall depicted the cannibalism? in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/surprised-marshall-depicted-the-cannibalism/#post-983 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:11:43 -0500  

Megan, I have to agree with some of the other comments. On my own list of aspects of the film, I wrote that I would definitely include the cannibalism, as it is one of the most important and unique parts of this survival story. There were aspects of this rendition of the narrative that I thought were well done. Nando originally brings the topic…[Read more]

]]> 40e9afb4e13d5ef5edcb1a2d37e96b48 Lizzie Messana replied to the topic Multiple Heroes in The Thin Red Line in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/multiple-heroes-in-the-thin-red-line/#post-982 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:35:09 -0500 Jeanna, I appreciated your comments about the film. Similar to some of the opinions shared in class, I had a hard time with this movie because of the large number of very similar looking actors, and I did try to follow the narrative instead of just taking the movie in for its aesthetic value. Overall, I can certainly say that I did not enjoy…[Read more]

]]> 05a7bba84de80c19d05530bcc5f08854 Lizzie Messana joined the group Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7801/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:00:15 -0500 0 e5423df989a0d7e74e321f4d743ed375 Lizzie Messana edited the blog post Thoughts on the Final Meeting in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7707/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:54:44 -0500 In today’s final meeting, my group and I spoke about what we have taken away from this semester, and I thought I might share some of the ideas that I took away from the conversation. To begin, I shared some of my own thoughts about the final assignment. I am most interested in exploring Morrison’s storytelling and her “repetition with a diffe…[Read more]

]]> 0 1330c7c4c67a356175d5e78116a490ac Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Comedy - Isn't that funny?, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/12/04/comedy-isnt-that-funny/#comment-57 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05:48:14 -0500 It doesn’t appear that the article was linked in the reply above, so I will just post the URL here:

]]> 946bb94b3342d2ead0ed29dc2eaf37c0 Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Comedy - Isn't that funny?, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/12/04/comedy-isnt-that-funny/#comment-56 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05:46:48 -0500 Alpha, I’m glad you put up this post. I too have been thinking about the connection between the gravity of Morrison’s and Dante’s themes situated in the realm of comedy. Your post reminded me of a tweet I saw r […]

]]> 25a0edadc110728990825b2daeaddc3b Lizzie Messana edited the blog post "The Unspoken Business of Brows" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7562/ Sun, 06 Nov 2016 07:07:28 -0500 On Wednesday, Dr. McCoy challenged the class to take notice of their eyebrows, as well as the eyebrows of others. It’s pretty amazing to think about what something so seemingly insignificant can say about someone’s personality, and it is even more powerful to think about how eyebrows can also shape an outsider’s view of a person. I also find it cu…[Read more]

]]> 0 55c4a1bc06aa01d18bf20b3e7844f5b7 Lizzie Messana wrote a new blog post Interdisciplinary Connections on the Limits of Language in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7489/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:12:30 -0500 ** preface – this is about the inability of language to accurately capture and convey ideas, which really comes through in the writing of this post, so please bear with me**

As I sat in my political science c […]

]]> 0 d4b8dda9ee3c5627ef2fc021e94e5259 Lizzie Messana edited the blog post A Morrison Interview and a New Take on Jazz in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7474/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 05:25:50 -0500 In my discussion group, we entertained the question of Morrison’s trilogy. Why are these three works considered her trilogy, as opposed to her other works? Did she intend for them to be a series from the outset? Did she introduce them as a trilogy or was it her editors? I did some searching, and I couldn’t find out when the term trilogy was fir…[Read more]

]]> 0 1a3979c2db4f89e65ae77a2e1b0d66e8 Lizzie Messana wrote a new blog post Sound in Beloved in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7302/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:49:46 -0500 (Plot Spoiler if you haven’t finished the reading for 9/26) On Wednesday, Ken brought up that Morrison might have chosen Paradise as the title for the final work in her trilogy simply because she likes the way i […]

]]> 0 15ba93952f80b9d83ff48c1e9288c636 Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Hands, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2016/09/22/hands/#comment-18 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:47:26 -0500 Julie, I appreciate the observation you have made about the repetition of hands in Beloved because I noticed it as well. And I also did some research into the symbolism of hands in Beloved and did not find much, […]

]]> ef7476bc1f5deac25ec5f1a00b5e0a6b Lizzie Messana edited the blog post Morrison's Potential Inspiration in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7059/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 18:45:36 -0500 I don’t mean to jump ahead, but Sara’s post got me thinking about Morrison and her potential motives for her writing. I too have been exploring some of the intersections between Beloved and A Mercy that I have seen so far (I haven’t finished A Mercy yet). I was intrigued by Sara’s question, “What inspired Morrison, if not her own personal…[Read more]

]]> 0 96bb06d688e4f5ecd813a2455e68c428 Lizzie Messana joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6883/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:09:37 -0500 0 dbce788c3e735f0ab1d53a3268f466f9 Lizzie Messana wrote a new post on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=223 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:41:24 -0500 ThumbnailGroup Members: Lizzie Messana, Kristen Druse, Kelsey Teglash, Mike Stoianoff, Nikkel Gohel

Project Description:

For our semester long project, we aimed to create a variety of Explainers that covered […]

]]> 396183df47cca490a0bf1757b1f9d177 Lizzie Messana wrote a new post on the site Explainers http://explainers.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=72 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:34:28 -0500 ThumbnailGroup Members: Lizzie Messana, Kristen Druse, Kelsey Teglash, Mike Stoianoff, Nikkel Gohel

Project Description:

For our semester long project, we aimed to create a variety of Explainers that covered […]

]]> 5a7153ae362cc3239010fb39d611e4e2 Lizzie Messana joined the group Explainers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/3824/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:45:07 -0500 0 9807221bd18a57913571e0bbcf383a4b Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Progression of Ideas of Consciousness in Victorian England , on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/19/progression-of-ideas-of-consciousness-in-victorian-england/#comment-1536 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:36:47 -0500 Group 1: Lizzie, Audrey, Jenna, and Alexis

Great Expectations is Pip’s bildungsroman from a 7-year old abused orphan to the present narrator of the story and as such, tracks his psychological development that […]

]]> 4d759b57f0025efeeb52a5f9df0f337d Lizzie Messana commented on the post, "The Novel of Purpose": Informing and Reforming Victorian England, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/22/the-novel-of-purpose-informing-and-reforming-victorian-england/#comment-750 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:10:20 -0500 Group 6 provided an analysis very similar to our group’s analysis of Claybaugh’s theory; we agree with the idea that the presentation on the 1834 Poor Law and social class (coincidentally, our presentation) swayed […]

]]> f1d4e967c738b5cf9ebfd9d0f6a32bec Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Negative Reviews and Criticism (Or Lack Thereof) on Dickens and A Christmas Carol, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/08/negative-reviews-and-criticism-or-lack-thereof-on-dickens-and-a-christmas-carol/#comment-583 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:40:33 -0500 Group 2 provides an interesting idea in the assertion that Scrooge’s development is related to consequentialism. You highlighted the value Scrooge places in reputation, and Professor Schacht brought up Adam […]

]]> 497c601cc02301dbd7b497adc00e756a Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Malthusian Malpractice of the Socioeconomic Status of Poor People, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/29/malthusian-malpractice-of-the-socioeconomic-status-of-poor-people/#comment-550 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 04:47:26 -0500 Group 1

As Group 4 mentioned in their presentation, Dickens disagreed with many of Thomas Malthus’ principles which led to the creation of 1834 Poor Laws and the workhouses. In an effort to reform this […]

]]> 33966984118580ed9b253ffac35cbe29 Lizzie Messana commented on the post, Dickens' Contemporary Critics and the Social Discussion of the New Poor Law and Workhouses, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/10/influence-of-dickens-contemporary-critics-on-social-discussion/#comment-77 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:42:24 -0500 In their presentation, Group 2 mentioned that a review by Richard Ford denounced Dickens’ work due to his use of hyperbole. Though Ford accuses Dickens of over-exaggerating his portrayal of the workhouses, our […]

]]> c55bf3e8603bb320cb45280be25c9edb Lizzie Messana replied to the topic Why Dickens? in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/nineteenth-century-studies/forum/topic/why-dickens/page/2/#post-478 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:07:22 -0500 Like a few of my classmates, I am rather unfamiliar with Dickens’ work. I know of his literary repertoire only superficially, which is a real shame, as he is one of the most prevalent and influential authors of our time. I share the sentiment of other classmates when I say that, as an English major, it is a major disadvantage to be unfamiliar wi…[Read more]

]]> a34d153b43aa80a0f9774fb71a11e700 Lizzie Messana joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/2808/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:44:56 -0500 0 9c8990ec5cae76d6dac20958e2583cd4 Lizzie Messana became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/2789/ Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:01:18 -0500 0