After spending the last class on Friday analyzing memes and talking about "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community" by James Porter, I now realize how much prior knowledge we need to have in order to interpret and appreciate certain books, movies, TV shows, memes, etc. I entered the classroom that day excited to see my fellow classmates' memes and have a good laugh, however, I unexpectedly learned the idea of having prior knowledge and how that affects our own understanding of these memes. It first hit me when we looked at Sammy's meme. In this meme, it took me a while to really understand what it was trying to say. It incorporated three different things you had to have knowledge of: the roses are red poem, Guardians of the Galaxy (specifically Groot's catchphrase), and the famous super-suit line from the move the Incredibles. Even though I understood it, watching Professor Stockman tried to understand the meme himself gave me great insight. If you hav...
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