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a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

178

its beauty, its truth proceed from a profound dialectic between the life and death of language, between density of the word and the ennui of syntax

on modern poetry

—p.178 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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its beauty, its truth proceed from a profound dialectic between the life and death of language, between density of the word and the ennui of syntax

on modern poetry

—p.178 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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(noun) the usually ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the generally accepted meanings (as in “this giant of 3 feet 4 inches”)

178

Minou Drouet's texts in this sense appear as the antiphrasis of all poetry insofar as they flee that solitary weapon of writers, literality

—p.178 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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Minou Drouet's texts in this sense appear as the antiphrasis of all poetry insofar as they flee that solitary weapon of writers, literality

—p.178 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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(verb) to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of; appease

179

A propitiatory victim sacrificed so that the world will be bright

—p.179 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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A propitiatory victim sacrificed so that the world will be bright

—p.179 Literature According to Minou Drouet (172) by Roland Barthes
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relating to judicial proceedings and the administration of the law

182

the spectacular comfort of familial, juridical, religious norms

—p.182 Electoral Photogeny (181) by Roland Barthes
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the spectacular comfort of familial, juridical, religious norms

—p.182 Electoral Photogeny (181) by Roland Barthes
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the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion

185

We know that syncretism has always been one of the Church's major techniques of assimilation.

—p.185 Lost Continent (184) by Roland Barthes
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We know that syncretism has always been one of the Church's major techniques of assimilation.

—p.185 Lost Continent (184) by Roland Barthes
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(noun) prefatory remarks / (noun) a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work

186

astrology is definitely not [...] the prolegomenon to a dream, but only a mirror

—p.186 Lost Continent (184) by Roland Barthes
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astrology is definitely not [...] the prolegomenon to a dream, but only a mirror

—p.186 Lost Continent (184) by Roland Barthes
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(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy

189

Then what purpose can it serve, this pure description, since it seems to offer no oneiric compensation?

—p.189 Astrology (187) by Roland Barthes
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Then what purpose can it serve, this pure description, since it seems to offer no oneiric compensation?

—p.189 Astrology (187) by Roland Barthes
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(noun) the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said); redundancy

190

Unfortunately, this pleonasm of intentions muffles both word and musi

—p.190 The Bourgeois Art of Song (190) by Roland Barthes
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Unfortunately, this pleonasm of intentions muffles both word and musi

—p.190 The Bourgeois Art of Song (190) by Roland Barthes
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(noun) a fluctuation of tempo within a musical phrase often against a rhythmically steady accompaniment

192

their overspectacular rubato

—p.192 The Bourgeois Art of Song (190) by Roland Barthes
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their overspectacular rubato

—p.192 The Bourgeois Art of Song (190) by Roland Barthes
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(adjective) of or relating to the earth; terrestrial / (adjective) being or relating to a usually natural electric current flowing near the earth's surface

193

the raw telluric substance

—p.193 Plastic (193) by Roland Barthes
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the raw telluric substance

—p.193 Plastic (193) by Roland Barthes
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