heterodox
(en)
unorthodox
viii
its sprawling treatment of such heterodox themes
on The Broom of the System
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its sprawling treatment of such heterodox themes
on The Broom of the System
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7 years, 8 months ago
synecdoche
(en)
a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
viii
they necessarily make extensive use of synecdoche
quoting Edward Mendelson's essay on Gravity's Rainbow (p30)
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they necessarily make extensive use of synecdoche
quoting Edward Mendelson's essay on Gravity's Rainbow (p30)
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writ large
(en)
clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form
ix
mediated
(en)
intervened with, through an intermediary
ix
she's receiving heavily mediated data
quoted from Conversations With p. 34
strange
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she's receiving heavily mediated data
quoted from Conversations With p. 34
strange
7 years, 8 months ago
Sierpinski gasket
(en)
a fractal and attractive fixed set with the overall shape of an equilateral triangle, subdivided recursively into smaller equilateral triangles
x
Wallace revealed that he structured Infinite Jest like a Sierpinski gasket
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Wallace revealed that he structured Infinite Jest like a Sierpinski gasket
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7 years, 8 months ago
teleological
(en)
the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
xi
between two linguistic and narrative teleological poles
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between two linguistic and narrative teleological poles
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heteroglossia
(en)
the presence of multiple voices or expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work.
xi
Wallace's dialogue owes a debt both to Socratic inquiry and to Dostoevsky's heteroglossia
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Wallace's dialogue owes a debt both to Socratic inquiry and to Dostoevsky's heteroglossia
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ekphrasis
(en)
a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek students as a way of bringing the experience of an object to a listener or reader through highly detailed descriptive writing
xii
Wallace's use of ekphrasis in the context of representing film
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Wallace's use of ekphrasis in the context of representing film
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hermeneutic
(en)
the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
8
Jay subsumes everything his patients tell him to an already formed hermeneutic theory of truth
on Broom
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Jay subsumes everything his patients tell him to an already formed hermeneutic theory of truth
on Broom
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7 years, 8 months ago
monologic
(en)
of, relating to, or characteristic of a monologue
8
Bakhtin calls this the rhetorical or monologic speech genre
can't remember having seen it used before, but the meaning is pretty obvious
notable
7 years, 8 months ago
Bakhtin calls this the rhetorical or monologic speech genre
can't remember having seen it used before, but the meaning is pretty obvious
notable
7 years, 8 months ago