Unit 2 Terms Flashcards
Pastoral
A text portraying an idealized version of country life
-typically for urban audiences
Evocation
The act of recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind
Poignacy
The experience of a keen sense of sadness or regret
Anything that can bring an empathetic tear to the eye
What scenes are meant to evoke Poignancy?
Pastoral Scenes
What 2 attributes are in Poignant scenes?
1) emotional music
2) close ups (eg. on people’s intense relationships)
Bucolic
Something relating to the pleasant aspects of country life
Anarchich
Lawless and chaotic with no controlling rules
Juxtaposition
things being placed together for a contrasting effect
Iconic
an image, person, or concept we’re familiar with, that represents something worthy of respect
Icon
Something that represents something else
iconography
Group of visual images / symbols
The study and interpretation of images and symbols
Religious iconography
Artistic forms and gestures used to convey religious concepts
Representations of religious ideas and events
Iconographic lense
Observe imagery with an eye to what it represents in a separate source text outside of the artwork itself
Literary Canon
Body of books, narratives, and texts that were seen to be the most influential of a particular time period or place
Memento Mori
Reminder of Death
Chekhov’s Gun
A set up that has a pay off
Text
Refers to writing, objects, actions , behaviours that have a cultural meaning
any cultural artifact can be read as a text
Easter Eggs
An unexpected, metafictional feature in a text, intended as a bonus
Poetic Justice
A literary device in which virtue (good behaviour) is rewarded and vice (bad behaviour) is punished, usually in an ironic appropriate way
- KARMA
Metaficton
Fiction that refers to itself
Frame Narrative
A second, more emphasized is told within initial narrative
- A story within a story
The Unrealiable Narrator
When the narrator’s perspective is filtered through their past experiences
-when their viewpoint is compremised ; can’t trust them
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Child
narrator’s inexperience impacting narration
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Outsider
narrator’s prejudice impacting narration
eg. race, class, gender, etc
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Mental Health Sufferer
narrator’s mental health issues impacting narration
eg. eating disorder, drug use, alcoholism
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Innocent
narrator has low intelledence / learning disability / not having key information impacting narration
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Criminal
a venchful blaming narrator / a guilt narrator trying to convince you of innocence impacting narration
Unrealiable Narrator:
The Supernatural
ghostly / overworldly narrator impacting narration
Unrealiable Narrator:
The WItful Liar
The narrator tries to mess with the reader , impacting narration
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
An unspoken agreement between a text’s creator and the audience member
-the member accepts what is being presented
Intertextually
The relationship between literary texts
-reference / allusion to a text within another text
Carpe Diem
Seize the Day
Anachronism
An error of chronology / timeline in a text
-anything outof place / time
Pastiche
A purposeful mimicking of an artistic / literary form
“a playful anachronism”
-parody
Medium / Genre
eg. poem, painting, film, archetecture
Materials
eg. paper quality, oil paint, 35mm film, steel
Composition
eg. word combinations, colour use, rough surfacing
Structures
eg. sonnet, paragraphing, model posing
Diction
eg. figurative language
Intended Message
The meaning the author wants the reader to get
Emotion
Internal state of the reader approaching a text
Reaction
personal thoughts, feelingsm & emotions in response to the text
Action
What the reader is doing while assessing the text
Intellect
Individual ability to reason & understand
Education
individual, intuition-based knowledge & structures
Experience
memory of the reader’s personal past
Perceived Message
what meaning the reader actually makes
Literary Theory
asserts the filter through which you look at a text affects the meaning of that text
Reader Response Theory
meaning is determined by the reader’s own personal life experience
Feminist Theory
An evolving critical philosophy that takes into account gender politics, power relations & sexuality
- focuses on the differences between male & female roles, perceptions, power, and oftern female experience
- aka Gender Theory
Marxist Theory
Focuses on economic, political & relational power
-materialism vs spirituality as an issue
Psychoanalytic Theory
Examines the internal, psychological motivations of authors / characters in a text
Archetypal Theory
Examines Archetypes / stereotypes seen throughout history
Agency
refers to the capacity of an “agent” / individual to act individually in the world
Gender
A set of social characteristics that are used by a culture to distinguish the ideas of male and female (opposed to physical characteristics)
Hegemony
The political economic / cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups
Ideaology
A set of ideas / expectations that shape the thinking / understanding of a culture / society
-determines how an individual looks at, sees, and participates in the world
Femvertising
The use of feminist principles and ideas to sell products
The Other + what is Othering
Identity created by defining ourselves against something : we distance ourselves from those we see as not like us- the other
Othering: giving the other aspects that we don’t like / are afraid of
