monologic
(en)
of, relating to, or characteristic of a monologue
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Bakhtin calls this the rhetorical or monologic speech genre
can't remember having seen it used before, but the meaning is pretty obvious
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Bakhtin calls this the rhetorical or monologic speech genre
can't remember having seen it used before, but the meaning is pretty obvious
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7 years, 1 month ago
hermeneutic
(en)
the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
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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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Jay subsumes everything his patients tell him to an already formed hermeneutic theory of truth
on Broom
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7 years, 1 month ago
Menippean satire
(en)
a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific individuals or entities
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the novel's debt to the genre of Menippean satire
on Broom
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the novel's debt to the genre of Menippean satire
on Broom
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7 years, 1 month ago
hermetic
(en)
(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight
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hermetic, enclosed, and self-referencing fictional structures
quoting Marshall Boswell (Understanding DFW I think?)
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hermetic, enclosed, and self-referencing fictional structures
quoting Marshall Boswell (Understanding DFW I think?)
confirm
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dialectic
(en)
a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
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truly dialectical thinking requires that the artist address his or her moment as part of a constantly shifting history
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truly dialectical thinking requires that the artist address his or her moment as part of a constantly shifting history
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dialogic
(en)
pertaining to a dialogue; used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his work of literary theory, The Dialogic Imagination
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never seen this word used before but the meaning can be inferred
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never seen this word used before but the meaning can be inferred
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7 years, 1 month ago
Rortian relativism
(en)
pertaining to the relativism allegedly espoused by American philosopher Richard Rorty, though he himself denies it
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authorial intention
(en)
in literary theory and aesthetics, authorial intent refers to an author's intent as it is encoded in their work; held to be irrelevant in the New Criticism school
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