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| Connotation is the ----- meaning of the word. |
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| If a text has its own essence, it own Being, it is said to have an ----- status. |
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| Denotation is the ----- meaning of a word. |
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| The phenomenological process whereby the text registers upon the reader’s consciousness is called -----. |
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| A close or detailed analysis of the text itself (it’s verbal qualities) to arrive at an interpretation without referring to historical, authorial, or cultural concerns is called a -----. |
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| Name the three types of Reader-Oriented Criticism. |
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| Phenomenology, Structuralism, Subjective Criticism |
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| The erroneous assumption that the interpretation of a literary work can be equated to the author’s stated or implied intentions or private meanings is called the -----. |
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| The term ----- refers to the mechanical or structural elements that comprise poetry, such as rhythm, meter, rhyme, stanza, diction, alliteration, etc. |
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| Which term refers to the rules that comprise a language or the structure of the language that is mastered and shared by all its speakers. |
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| The ----- is the conceptual constituent of a Sign. |
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| The conceptual oppositions on which Western metaphysics is based are called -----. |
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| Connotation is the ----- meaning of the word. |
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| The ----- is the spoken or written constituent of a Sign. |
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| The ----- is the residue of other signifiers (and all other possible meanings) on one signifier. |
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| In Structuralism, a ----- is said to be made up of two parts that are like two different sides of one piece of paper. |
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| This neologism as two simultaneous meanings: 1) to differ and 2) to defer. |
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| Western culture’s privileging of speech over writing is known as -----. |
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| An external point of reference upon which one may build a concept or philosophy. It provides ultimate meaning and serves as the “center” of meaning, allowing one to structure her/his ideas of reality around it is know as: |
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| T or F: Deconstruction is not a philosophy or method, so much as a way of reading and thinking. |
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| The process by which we arrive at meaning through linguistic signs or other symbolic means. |
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| Western culture's proclivity for desiring an absolute truth or center. |
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| Writing is related to difference. We know a word because it differs from all other words. |
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| Unstable relationship between two elements contained in a binary. Each is necessary for the other to exist. |
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| Process of believing for the sake of investigation. |
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| Expresses the multiplicity of "voices" within a text |
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| The understanding and interpretation of linguistic and non-linguistic expressions. |
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| Rules governing an interpretation of a text. |
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| Any given text's meaning or interpretation is related or interrelated to the meaning of all other texts. |
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| A body of works usually deemed the most important of a time, place, or author. |
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| The study of "being" or existence. In the literary sense, any text that has an ontological status can be analyzed as a concrete entity. |
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| Epistemology/Epistemological |
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| Formulates the theories, principles, and tenets of the nature and value of art. |
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| Practical Criticism/Applied Criticism |
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| Applies the theories and tenets of a theoretical critique to a particular work of art. The critic defines the standards. |
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| The science of language and human speech |
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| The analysis of a literary work's constituent parts, including all linguistic and structural features |
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| Denotes the constituent parts of a poem. |
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| One who recognized that the text is a concrete entity with fixed and unchanging meaning. |
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| Examining elements outside the text to uncover the text's meaning (i.e. authorial biography, historical context) |
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| The effects produced on an individual when contemplating a work of art. |
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| erroneous assumption that the interpretation of a literary work can be equated to the author's stated or implied intentions |
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| The reader's erroneous emotional response to a text is neither important nor equivalent to its interpretation. |
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| Paraphrase cannot reproduce a poem, nor stand in for analysis |
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| A term synonymous with conflict. |
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| Mechanical or structural elements that comprise poetry. Also known as versification |
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| Science of linguistics before the mid-20th century |
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| Words are symbols for things in the world. |
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| The entity in the external world that is represented or symbolized by a word or term. "Chair" = the object |
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| process of language analysis that studies on language at one particular time |
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| basic unit or building block of language |
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| the smallest distinct and significant sound that comprise a language. |
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| Smallest part of a word that has lexical or grammatical significance. "Dog" has 1 morpheme but "dogs" has 2. |
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| the study of how words combine to make meaning |
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| An individuals actual speech utterances as opposed to langue--the rules that comprise language. Linguists are not concerned with this. |
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| declares that meaning in society can be systematically studied. Often interchangeable with "structuralism" |
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| Two words that differ by one significant phonological sound. (fight and might only differ in their first phoneme. |
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| A language used to describe or talk about language |
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| part of the human psyche that receives and stores our hidden desires, ambitions, fears, etc. |
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| slip of tongue, failure of memory, misplacing objects--all can be traced to unconscious desires |
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| Part of psyche that craves only pleasures and desires. Ignores moral and sexual boundaries |
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| Part of psyche that holds the pleasure principle in check |
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| The irrational and unconscious part of the psyche |
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| Rational and logical part of the psyche |
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| Process whereby we suppress wishes and desires too difficult for our psyche to handle by concealing them in symbols |
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| Compacting a feeling or emotion towards something into a simple sentence, phrase, or symbol |
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| Nervous disorder that leads to a variety of psychological abnormalities |
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| Part of the psyche that contains cumulative knowledge of the human race |
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| A recurrent plot pattern, image, detail, character that evokes strong illogical responses |
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| Transcendental signified and ultimate symbol of power |
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| The belief that the phallus is the source of all power |
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| Objects that are separate from ourselves - symbols of lack |
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| Moment that arrises from unconscious that reminds us of our wholeness; fleeting feeling. |
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| the text exists as an autonomous object that can be analyzed |
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| An event where the reader and text interact to shape each other |
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| A scientific view of how we achieve meaning |
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| A story's meaning develops from its overall structure (langue) rather than from each individual story's isolated theme. |
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| A modern philosophical tendency that emphasizes the perceiver. Objects exist and achieve meaning if and only if we register them on our consciousness. |
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| A text's meaning must be derived from the reader's response and a critical examination of the history of the reaction of the text through time. |
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| society or culture dominated by men |
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| denotes difference between sex and gender |
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| process of constructing a female framework to analyze female literature |
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| the hatred or distrust of women |
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| Literally "women's writing." Style of writing particular to women |
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| personality and biological differences of men and women |
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| Human beings have an unchangeable nature regardless of gender. |
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