Creative Writing Critical Terminology

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Creative Writer

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“tortured genius” and art through suffering

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Inspiration

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Breathing in spirits and letting them take over you; The process of being mentally stimulated

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Romanticism

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a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual

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Tenets

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a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy

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Sublime

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A way to connect with God (or a higher knowledge); obscurity; vastness

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Negative Capability

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The phrase used by the English poet John Keats to describe the quality of selfless receptivity necessary to a true poet

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Capability

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Power or ability

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First Rule of Writing

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“Write what you know”

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Overlooked Rule of Writing

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“Know what you’ve written”

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Gender

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The state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones); traditional concepts of gender -- gender roles

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Sex

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Either of the 2 main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive systems (functions

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adults of both sexes)

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Preformative

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Relating to or denoting an utterance by means of which the speaker performs a particular act (ie. I bet, I apologize, I promise); Thus, what you say is also an action; Thus, you perform your meaning

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Ideology

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A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic of political theory and policy

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Repressive

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inhibiting or restraining the freedom of a person (group of people)

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Bildungsroman

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A novel that deals with one main character’s formative years and spiritual maturation into adulthood and pivotal new knowledge

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Myth

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a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

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Mythology

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a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition

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the received wisdom concerning a particular subject; the collective or personal ideology or set beliefs which underpins or informs a particular point of view

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Critics and reader

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a person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works; the one who reads the book -- important: socio-historical background, biographies, theories about culture

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Normative

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something that’s been done the same way for so long in a certain culture that it’s now considered “normal” or “natural”, a standard for a dominant group (even though it’s really a set of Myths, performances, and social actions that can change over time and space)

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Highbrow

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usually intellectual in nature → have money and are sometimes snobby

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Lowbrow

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the opposite,which refers to vulgar and less sophisticated culture and people

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Imagists

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British and American writers, led by Ezra Pound; influenced by Japanese Haiku and partly by ancient Greek lyric; favors precision of imagery and clear, sharp language

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Modernism

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(first half of the 20th century) Victorian Myths were rejected

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Cubism

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Seeing the world as fragmented and multiple (and many ways of looking at it)

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Kigo

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“season word”

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Kireji

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“cut word”

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Limited public

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Personal, but widely known

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Public photo

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Not personal, begs for interest and interpretation

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Modernist Experimentation

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a traditional set of ways (Shakespeare)

-> which Pirandello contradicted… many people rioted at this charge

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Theatrical Collaboration

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Everyone who works together to put together a play, not just actors and directors

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Theatrical Space

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Both public and private; how actors use the space to portray what is going on

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Metatheatre

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describe aspects of a play that draw attention to its nature as drama or theatre, or to the circumstances of its performance

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Epic Theatre

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That which involves the audience; in your face -> a theatrical movement arising in the early to mid-20th century

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Principle of Verfremdungseffekt

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the alienation, estrangement, or defamiliarization effect; used in theater and cinema that prevents the audience from losing itself completely in the narrative, instead making it a conscious critical observer

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Gestus

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a term coined by Brecht which combines the senses of ‘gesture’ and ‘gist’. It materializes the social attitudes and relationships of the characters on every level of the play, from the actors’ handling of an object to the overarching design of the story”

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Literary Presence

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the custom of using present tense verbs when writing about events that take place in a work of fiction

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The Three Spaces

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Personal vs. Private, plus Public

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Incipient

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in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop