Final Exam Flashcards
Panopticon
Michael Foucault coined the term Panopticon as a feeling if being watched so we can empower the ideological values of society. It is a feeling of being observed to encourage people to police their own behavior so they can model the behavior of how those in power want them to behave.
Hegemonic
A hegemonic relationship deals with a ruling or dominant force in a political or social context when one group has power over another. The lower, disempowered group feels it is in their best interest to be oppressed so they don’t stir up trouble or make things harder on themselves
Peri-text
Peri-text is the text that is on the book itself but not related to the story- ex) barcode, copyright etc.
Epi-text
Peri-text is parallel text that relates to the book but is not on the book itself. Ex) movies, book reviews, toys, etc
Agency
Agency is the ability to act on and change the world, or the physical actual ability to do something.
Carnivalesque
Carnivalesque scenarios invert traditional hierarchies by elevating those who don’t have power. It is often portrayed in role reversal, unfiltered by typical morals, the opposite of ordinary, and focuses in humor, the body and laughter
Ideology
Terry Eagleton’s conception of ideology is the often unconscious ideas we have about being, perceiving, or experiencing the world and how it relates to the reproduction or maintenance of social power
Implicit ideology
An implicit ideology is when the author may or may not be aware of the ideologies being portrayed, but still comes through in the writing
Ideological apparatuses
Ideological apparatuses are systems or institutions that work to hail us into a type of behavior or ways of being. They teach us to respect authority and work to instill norms of society so we police our own behavior.
Repressive apparatuses
Repressive apparatuses are when physical violence or coercion is involved usually because the ideological apparatuses haven’t worked and force or punishment must be taken.
Aporia
Aporia says one thing but shows another. It seems to explicitly say one thing but when read closely the text subtly contradicts itself
Morally ambiguous
Morally ambiguous stories present moral conundrums but don’t answer them. They present situations dealing with ethics and moral dilemmas but don’t tell us how to feel about it, they make the reader decide what is right and wrong.
Interpellation
Interpellation is the way culture hails us into being
Monolithic
Monolithic is one view that applies to all
Adult centered texts
Adult centered texts tend to dumb down the content of a children’s book to make it clear in what is good and bad, often very didactic and simplified. They tend to give adults more agency and try to protect children from intense situations and feelings that the author feels young minds can’t handle or shouldn’t endure
Child centered texts
Child centered texts suggests a capable, smart, witty child reader. They are not simplified and tend to have more complicated subjects or ideas. They also tend to give the child more agency.
Didactic
Didactic stories present clear moral sense of what is right and wrong
