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ENG 234
literary analysis
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Accounting
Pre-School
03/02/2011

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Biographical fallacy
Definition
art ought to be interpreted or judged in reference to the life of its creator
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Intentional fallacy
Definition
art ought to be interpreted or judged in reference to the stated/implied intent of its creator (supposed to be scary, but people are laughing)
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Affective fallacy
Definition
art ought to be interpreted or judged in reference to the feelings it evokes
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Genetic fallacy
Definition
art ought to be interpreted or judged in reference to its genealogical “descent” that the precedent from which it derives (movie was based on cartoon, but it had nothing to do with the cartoon)
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Autotelic
Definition
no purpose other than being a work of art or a text – a work of art is timeless, self sufficient, and irreproducible (no matter how many romeo and juliet’s are produced, they are each autotelic.
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Connotation
Definition
a nuance or implication
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Organic unity
Definition
a combination of parts (in a complex and ordered way); look at things as the big picture
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The heresy of paraphrase
Definition
the notion that [art] work can’t simply be reduced to a description of the subject matter, will never be sufficient unless you get the full picture (the narwaal and the unicorn)
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Close reading
Definition
chronicle the correlation of texts formal elements to its theme. Answer the “how, what when, where and why’s”
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Literary
Definition
of that pertaining to books
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the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible to awareness but that has a profound influence on behavior.
Definition
Unconscious
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Repression
Definition
psychological attempt by an individual to repel its own desires and impulses
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Libido
Definition
basic sexual desire
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Cathexis
Definition
the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
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Id
Definition
The id acts according to the "pleasure principle," seeking to avoid pain or seek pleasure
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Ego
Definition
based on reality (defer instant gratification)
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Superego
Definition
morality – seeks to control id
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Oedipal/Electra complex
Definition
the concept of marrying you mother and kill your father for boys (Oedipus complex) and vice versa for girls (Electra complex)
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Dreams
Definition
latent ideas linked with repressed emotions and drives - within the unconscious mind
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Latent content
Definition
underlying content of the dream
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Manifest content
Definition
includes the actual images, thoughts and content contained within the dream
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Complexes
Definition
a core pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme, such as power or status
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Collective unconscious
Definition
describes how the structure of the psyche autonomously organizes experiences
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Symbol
Definition
refers to all indirect and figurative representations of unconscious desire (symptoms, dreams, slips of the tongue etc.)
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Archetype
Definition
an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated (anima, animus, and shadow)
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• Anima
Definition
expression as a feminine inner personality of a male
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Animus
Definition
masculine inner personality of the unconscious of the female
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shadow
Definition
part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed weaknesses, shortcomings, and instincts.
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Neuroses
Definition
a class of functional mental disorders involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behavior is not outside socially acceptable norms
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Enantiodromia
Definition
that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite
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The young child's identification with his own image ( the primordial recognition of one’s self as “I”
Definition
mirror stage
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Imaginary Order
Definition
The fundamental narcissism by which the human subject creates fantasy images of both himself and his ideal object of desire
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Symbolic Order
Definition
The social world of communication, interpersonal relations, knowledge of moral agreements, and the acceptance of the law
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Objet petit a
Definition
stands for the unattainable object of desire
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In the name of the father
Definition
The laws and restrictions that control both your desire and the rules of communication
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The real
Definition
The state of nature from which we have been forever severed by our entrance into language
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Western canon
Definition
denotes a standard of books, music and art, that has been the most influential in shaping Western culture
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First wave feminism
Definition
the first concerted movement working for the reform of women's social and legal inequalities
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Second wave feminism
Definition
the increase in feminist activity which occurred in America, Britain, and Europe from the late sixties onwards (rose out of the Civil Rights and anti-war movements in which women contended discrimination)
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Protofeminist
Definition
A philosophical tradition anticipating modern feminist concepts before their arrival
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Patriarchy
Definition
an ideology that assigns greater mearning to masculine perspective and authority
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Traditional gender roles
Definition
set of social and behavioral norms that are considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture
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sex vs. gender
Definition
sex – biologically determined
-gender – culturally determined
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Performativity
Definition
playing to a part (what a man or woman should do)
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Gendered
Definition
reflecting the experience, prejudices, or orientations of one sex more than the other
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Biological essentialism
Definition
the belief that we are "how we are" because of our genetic makeup
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Phallogocentrism
Definition
privileging of the masculine
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Binaries
Definition
classification of sex and gender into two distinct and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine
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Objectivication
Definition
process by which an abstract concept is treated as if it is a concrete thing or physical object
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Misogyny
Definition
hatred of women
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Gynophobia
Definition
fear of women
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Madonna whore complex
Definition
women are treated into two different categories, the ones who give sex and the ones you marry
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Appropriation and Sexage
Definition
being a mother as a vocation, womens time is less valuable than a man’s time, women were treated like objects
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Symbolic domain
Definition
man is already in power, giving women a barrier to entry into the culture
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Semiotic domain
Definition
dimensions of language – intangible – tone or rhythm
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Ecriture feminine
Definition
women's writing
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Womanism
Definition
black feminism
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Historical materialism
Definition
a society can be understood by its economic activity as ways members produce necessities of life
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Base vs. superstructure
Definition
base is economic foundation (farms, mining, etc.) – or mode of production Superstructure institutions arising from base that shapes the base (schools, churches, media)
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
Rich people owning businesses (own means of production)
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Proletariat
Definition
working class
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Commodification
Definition
is the transformation of goods and services into commodities
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Ideology
Definition
set of ideas that feel natural but are actually products of cultural conditioning (conditions of the bourgeoisie i.e. gas prices)
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Hegemony
Definition
political, economic, ideological or culturalpower exerted by a dominant group over other groups.
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Consumerism
Definition
is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services
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Classism
Definition
biased or discriminatory attitude based on distinctions made between social or economic classes
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Use value
Definition
what goods can do
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Exchange value
Definition
what we can get for them (cash?)
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Sign exchange value
Definition
what the good implies (prada vs. old navy, cars big tvs)
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