Glossary 8 Flashcards
People’s Republic of China
Established October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong
1893-1976
Mao’s Discourse
Linguistic reform
Putonghua, common speech
Like May 4 Mvmt, use words to bring about change
Marriage Reform Act
1950
Outlawed polygamy, prostitution, bride selling, dowry.
Absolute equality for women under the law.
J.L. Austin, “How to Do Things with Words”
Constative utterance vs performative utterance
Constative utterance
Describe something and thus are true or false.
I.e. This is a chair
Performative utterance
A speech act that not only passively describes a given reality but changes the social reality they are describing.
I.e. “Today the People’s Republic of China is established” or “I do”
Quotations from Chairman Mao
The little red book.
Supplies a jargon that enforces a communist view.
Metaphor and folk idiom
Ding Ling
1904-1986
Feminist
The critical essay
Thought they should be Critical of revolution, but shut down by Mao
“The Talks” 1942
“Talks at the Forum on the Literature and Arts at Yan’an”
Art must serve the “workers, peasants, and soldiers”
Maospeak
Mao Discourse
“The situation is excellent!”
The Cultural Revolution 1967-1976
Utilized youth - educated youth
Mao’s cult of personality
Chiasmus
Figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point.
