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09/29/2009

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Ontology
Definition
Theory of being, the absolute truth
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Epistemology
Definition
Theory of knowledge; philosophy of how one knows
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Plato's Theory of Forms
Definition
FORM (absolute truth) -> CONCEPT (cannot be the origin) -> THING -> LANGUAGE -> SPOKEN -> WRITTEN
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Techne
Definition
The skill/art/craft of
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Mimesis
Definition
representation
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Russian Formalism (RF)
Definition
Inversion: Literature is that which it is not
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(RF)
Literariness
Definition
language that foregrounds itself as different; looks and sounds; divorced from content
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(RF)
Defamilirization:
Definition
making strange the familiar (ie. 'dazzling darkness')
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(RF)
Device
Definition
the internal mechanics of literature
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(RF)
fabula
Definition
chronology of existence/sequence of events (story)
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(RF)
syuzhet
Definition
gives meaning and literary value to the fabula (plot)
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New Criticism (NC)
Definition
not science; objective; the poem is an ontological fact
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(NC)
intentional fallacy
Definition
the poetic voice does not equal the personal voice
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(NC)
affective fallacy
Definition
the reader's emotional response to the text is neither important nor equivalent to its interpretation (is vs does)
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(NC)
objective correlative
Definition
a set of objects that can effectively awaken in the reader the emotional response the author desires without being a direct statement of that emotion; the emotional register can be perceived by anyone if they're a good reader regardless of the way you are affected by it.
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(NC)
irony
Definition
on thing says all other unsaid, implied things
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(NC)
heresy of paraphrase
Definition
content and form is inseperable
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diachronic
Definition
how languages change over time and are connected (philology)
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synchronic
Definition
language in a moment of time
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phonemes
Definition
smallest recognizable unit of sound
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grapheme
Definition
written mark of phoneme
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langue
Definition
socially obvious structure of langague
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parole
Definition
part of the way you speak that is illogical
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transcendental signifier
Definition
an external point of reference upon which one may build a concept or philosophy; pursued and assured; becomes part of the system, but also outside it
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phonocentrism
Definition
the focus on sound or speech; giving spoken words presence, while written words are absent
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logocentrism
Definition
gives the word an exterior authority; a mark of presence
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metaphysics of presence
Definition
logocentrism; phoncentrism and the operation of binary oppositions as well as other western philosophical thoughts
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arche-writing
Definition
writing is a mark of absence; all moments of language are marks of absent;
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differance
Definition
differential relationships go all the way up the line; the center is forever deferred
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