T&t Test 1 (Really)

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Structuralism

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study of the patterns we infer from the world (objects of study must be whole, can transform and is self regulating)

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Semiotics

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Semiotics are a subcategory of structuralism (gives us tools in which to analyze a text) Semiotics goes into the details and Structuralism looks at the big picture, study of how things mean (look at signs)

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Code

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a set of rules and conventions through which an idea is communicated

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Signification

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gradual process through which signs are created

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Sign System

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a group of signs related by how they function, or what their function is

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Sign

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a sign stands for something to somebody in some capacity and context (combo of signifier,signified and referent)

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Icon

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a sign that looks like the thing it represents in real life

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Index

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a sign that infers a proximity (whether literal or just an association) with something else

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Symbol

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a sign that represents a meaning other than the literal manifestation it appears to be

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Signifier

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the material manifestation we perceive (the spoken word, the sound, the drawing, photo, smell, taste, etc.)

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Signified

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the concept or mental imaged invoked by the signifier

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Referent

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the object or idea to which a word or phrase refers

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Dyad

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paired opposites (night/day, male/female)

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Paradigmatic Chain

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list of words and each word functions in the same way but each is subtly different than the other words (how all signs relate to each other when they serve the same function)

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Structure

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any patterned relationship (dyads, social codes, professional codes, literary genre, etc.)

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Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama

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Plot, Character, Thought, Diction, Song, Spectacle

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Practical Criticism (British) and New Criticism (American)

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Close Reading- not looking outside the text just looking at the text itself

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Defamiliarization

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viewing poetry in a way that allows you to see things in a new way

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Touchstone

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a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized

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Objective Correlative

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mimetic, concrete manifestation of some more abstract idea

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Mimesis

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imitation, showing (Liberal Humanists)

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Diegesis

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telling

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Langue

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the rules within a language as a whole

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Parole

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individual word or utterance, sentence or any signifier (even non vocal) that is readable within a language

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Claude Levi Strauss

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father of structuralism

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Ferdinand De Saussure

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semiotics, structuralism

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Roland Barthes

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semiotics, structuralism

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Matthew Arnold

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liberal humanism

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F.R. Leavis

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liberal humanism

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I.A. Richards

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liberal humanism

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Lorraine Hansberry

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Raisin in the Sun

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Dario Fo

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Accidental Death of an Anarachist, married to Franco Rame

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Elinor Fuchs

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visit to a small planet

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Charles Pierce

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semiotics

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Charles Pierce

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semiotics

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Core belief of Semioticians

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the sign exists only because it is different from all other signs

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Core beliefs of Liberal Humanists

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Quality is timeless, text should not need context, human nature is timeless, great work is great in every culture, there should be nothing unnecessary that hides truth, show don't tell

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Docere delectendo

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to teach by delighting