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portentous
Literary Theory: An Introduction

recommend various brands of portentous mysticism as the solution to human ills

—p.147 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton
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anodyne

the saturation of the reading public by a 'mass', profit-hungry, anodyne culture

—p.140 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton
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Saussurean

Language is Barthes's theme from beginning to end, and in particular the Saussurean insight that the sign is always a matter of historical and cultural convention.

—p.135 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton
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subsumption

the task of the critic is to subsume them into an atemporal frame of explanation

on the distinct units that compose the structure of narrative

—p.135 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton
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aporia

deconstruction shows this by fastening on the 'symptomatic' points, the aporia or impasses of meaning

—p.133 Post-Structuralism (127) by Terry Eagleton
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