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ENG 3014 Midterm
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Literature
Undergraduate 3
10/08/2012

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Connotation is the ----- meaning of the word.
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implied
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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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ontological
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Denotation is the ----- meaning of a word.
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dictionary
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The phenomenological process whereby the text registers upon the reader’s consciousness is called -----.
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concretize
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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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close reading
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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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intentional fallacy
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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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prosody
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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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Langue
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The ----- is the conceptual constituent of a Sign.
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signified
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The conceptual oppositions on which Western metaphysics is based are called -----.
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binaries
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Connotation is the ----- meaning of the word.
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implied
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The ----- is the spoken or written constituent of a Sign.
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signifier
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The ----- is the residue of other signifiers (and all other possible meanings) on one signifier.
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trace
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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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sign
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This neologism as two simultaneous meanings: 1) to differ and 2) to defer.
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différance
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Western culture’s privileging of speech over writing is known as -----.
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phonocentrism
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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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transcendental signified
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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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True
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Signification
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The process by which we arrive at meaning through linguistic signs or other symbolic means.
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Logocentrism
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Western culture's proclivity for desiring an absolute truth or center.
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Arche-writing
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Writing is related to difference. We know a word because it differs from all other words.
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Supplement
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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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Erasure
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Process of believing for the sake of investigation.
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Dialogic Heteraglossia
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Expresses the multiplicity of "voices" within a text
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Hermeneutics
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The understanding and interpretation of linguistic and non-linguistic expressions.
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Hermeneutical Principles
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Rules governing an interpretation of a text.
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Intertextuality
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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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Canon
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A body of works usually deemed the most important of a time, place, or author.
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Ontology/Ontological
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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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The study of knowledge
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Theoretical Criticism
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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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Linguistics
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The science of language and human speech
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Poetics
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The analysis of a literary work's constituent parts, including all linguistic and structural features
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Form
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Denotes the constituent parts of a poem.
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Ontological Critic
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One who recognized that the text is a concrete entity with fixed and unchanging meaning.
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Extrinsic Analysis
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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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Aesthetic Experience
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The effects produced on an individual when contemplating a work of art.
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Intentional fallacy
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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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Affective Fallacy
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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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Heresy of Paraphrase
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Paraphrase cannot reproduce a poem, nor stand in for analysis
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Tension
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A term synonymous with conflict.
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Prosody
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Mechanical or structural elements that comprise poetry. Also known as versification
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Philology
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Science of linguistics before the mid-20th century
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Mimetic Theory
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Words are symbols for things in the world.
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Referent
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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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Synchronic
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process of language analysis that studies on language at one particular time
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Eme
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basic unit or building block of language
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Phoneme
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the smallest distinct and significant sound that comprise a language.
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Morpheme
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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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Semantics
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the study of how words combine to make meaning
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Parole
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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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Semiotics
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declares that meaning in society can be systematically studied. Often interchangeable with "structuralism"
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Minimal Pair
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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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metalanguage
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A language used to describe or talk about language
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unconscious
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part of the human psyche that receives and stores our hidden desires, ambitions, fears, etc.
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Parapraxes
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slip of tongue, failure of memory, misplacing objects--all can be traced to unconscious desires
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Pleasure Principle
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Part of psyche that craves only pleasures and desires. Ignores moral and sexual boundaries
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Reality Principle
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Part of psyche that holds the pleasure principle in check
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Id
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The irrational and unconscious part of the psyche
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Ego
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Rational and logical part of the psyche
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Superego
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Acts as internal censor
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Displacement
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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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Condensation
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Compacting a feeling or emotion towards something into a simple sentence, phrase, or symbol
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Neurosis
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Nervous disorder that leads to a variety of psychological abnormalities
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Collective Unconscious
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Part of the psyche that contains cumulative knowledge of the human race
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Archetype
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A recurrent plot pattern, image, detail, character that evokes strong illogical responses
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Phallus
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Transcendental signified and ultimate symbol of power
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Phallocentric
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The belief that the phallus is the source of all power
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object petit a
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Objects that are separate from ourselves - symbols of lack
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Jouissance
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Moment that arrises from unconscious that reminds us of our wholeness; fleeting feeling.
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Autotelic Artifact
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the text exists as an autonomous object that can be analyzed
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Literary experience
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An event where the reader and text interact to shape each other
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Structuralism
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A scientific view of how we achieve meaning
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Narratology
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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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Phenomenology
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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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Reception Theory
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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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Patriarchal
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society or culture dominated by men
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other
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Denotes "different from"
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Sexual politics
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denotes difference between sex and gender
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gynocriticism
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process of constructing a female framework to analyze female literature
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Misogyny
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the hatred or distrust of women
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ecriture feminine
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Literally "women's writing." Style of writing particular to women
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Cultural feminism
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personality and biological differences of men and women
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Essentialism
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Human beings have an unchangeable nature regardless of gender.
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