words Reference vs. Representation – Reference is the indexical function of language‚ pointing to different aspects of reality. Representation is manipulating language to stand for an experience/situation. Diegesis & Mimesis – Diegesis is telling/narrating; mimesis is showing Cooperative Principle - According to Grice‚ people can engage in meaningful extended conversation because‚ under normal conditions‚ the interlocutors observe certain principles‚ which he calls the four conversational
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Literary Studies II Narrative texts: tell a story‚ succession of events in a certain time sequence (distinguishes narrative from lyrical text Text types: classified through • Narrativity (narrative/non narrative) • Medium (oral (radio news brodcast/written) • Form (prose/ verse (epic)) • Factivity (factual/ fictional) Narrative text types: novel‚ epic‚ short story‚ tales‚ songs... Non narrative text types: argumentative essay‚ scientific paper... Discourse types:
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Merlin Donald explained the stages of evolution of cognition with the sequence of three transitions. Humans progressed from other primates by developing gestural‚ linguistic‚ and written storage and thought structures‚ thereby developing what Donald calls "mimetic‚" "mythic‚" and "theoretic" culture to reconstruct the stages of human evolutionary cognitive development he collects the data from various sources i-e anthropology‚ archeology‚cognitive psychology‚ neurobiology linguistics .through this
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A Narrative Analysis of the Film The Great Debaters and its Relationship to the Urban Debate League Movement A Senior Project Presented to The Faculty of the Communication Studies Department California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Arts By Nicholas J. Carrasco Chris Skiles Senior Project Advisor Signature Date Signature Date Dr. Bernard Duffy Department Chair © Nicholas J. Carrasco 1 Table of Contents
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steps of catharsis to do so. The poem begins one afternoon when the small animals scramble to hide from the strange nonsense creatures. A father tells his son to beware of the “Jabberwocky”‚ a “Jubjub bird”‚ and the “Bandersnatch”. The son takes his sword and goes to fight off these creatures. With the help of the syntax the reader can derive meaning from the nonsensical words used in the poem. The poet also uses the four steps of catharsis: confrontation‚ epiphany‚ decision‚ and catharsis. This tool
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that tragedy‚ like all poetry‚ is a kind of imitation (mimesis)‚ but adds that it has a serious purpose and uses direct action rather than narrative to achieve its ends. He says that poetic mimesis is imitation of things as they could be‚ not as they are‚ for example‚ of universals and ideals thus poetry is a more philosophical and exalted medium than history‚ which records what has actually happened. This is the concept of Imitation (mimesis) by Aristotle. Imitation Human instinct of imitating
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Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however‚ like the decorative arts‚ it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential—in a way that they usually are not in a painting
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best example of tragedy is Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Focusing on the “imitation of an action” and the fall of an eminently good hero which creates catharsis of pity‚ anagnorisis‚ and recognition‚ Sophocles composes a prime example of tragedy. Sophocles shows the reader that tragedy is a big deal in Oedipus Rex. Through evaluating the elements of catharsis‚ anagnorisis‚ and peripeteia in Oedipus Rex‚ there is clear evidence to support Aristotle in his statement. By knowing the true definition of a tragedy
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sees by producing a scene on a canvas. The sculptor does the same with bronze or stone. A photographer or film maker does it even more directly. A writer describes life in his or her books. This simple concept is known as mimesis. But some have questioned the one-way nature of mimesis by arguing that art also changes the way we view the world‚ and in fact‚ life sometimes imitates art rather than the other way around. The person who first articulated this belief effectively was Oscar Wilde. Speaking
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Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice Methuen‚ London‚ 1984. 153 pp. of SeljTonscious Fiction. Linda Hutcheon‚ Narcissistic Narratiue: The Metafictional Paradox. Methuen‚ London‚ 1984. 162 pp. Metafiction is now recognized as the designation of a kind of fiction - beginning to proliferate in the 1960s - that turns its attention on its own narrative andlor linguistic identity. Too often‚ critics have one-sidedly labeled it as an example of the anti-novel‚ a reaction against
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