Wonderworlds Flashcards
Frame narrative
Story within a story
Site of production
Context - the time and place the book was written.
Difference between story and plot?
Story - chronological events. Plot - how events are ordered in the book.
Narration
How we hear what we hear
Metaphor
One thing stands for another
Simile
As or like
Metonomy
Using a part to stand for a whole
Allusion
Cultural shorthand
Theoria
To comprehend or behold
Theory -
Defines various methods of reading and interpreting.
Semiotics
The science of signs
Why study English lit?
Good literature is of timeless significance.
In liberal humanism, The literary text -
Contains its own meaning within itself.
The purpose of literature is -
The enhancement of life and the propagation of humane values. But not in a propaganda way!
The job of criticism is to -
Interpret the text, to mediate between it and the reader.
Most important thing for an English student?
Get curious!!
Context that a book was written in?
Site of production
What are the 5 points that are covered by all literary theories?
PLTMH Politics is pervasive Language is constitutive Truth is provisional Meaning is contingent Human nature is a myth
What is the essence of Structuralism?
The belief that things cannot be understood in isolation.
Aposiopesis
Figure of speech wherein a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished. Get out, or else-!
Abstract
Apart from concrete reality
Tone
The general character or attitude of a piece of writing
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Tautology
The saying of the same thing twice in different words
They arrived one after the other in quick succession
Parataxis
The placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination
Tell me, how are you
He passed Rico’s bar and turned towards the square and saw there were …
Sibilant
Hissing sound - of s
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statement
Mimesis/ mimetic
Reproducing an external reality
Interpolation/ interpolate
Interweave in something new
Quote from Thomas King
There are no truths, only stories.
