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Part 6
• By the end of this part, you will be able:
• To define "literary term" and "terminology".
• To define some common literary term.
• To realize the importance of these literary term in the literary movements and theories
studied so far.
Terminology is the study of terms and their use.
Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are
given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning
the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language.
Lexicography: Terminology differs from lexicography in studying
concepts, conceptual systems, and their labels (terms), whereas
lexicography study words and their meanings.
• A theory that the critic Harold Bloom put forth in The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of
Poetry (1973).
• Bloom suggests that poets, plagued by anxiety that they have nothing new to say,
struggle against the influence of earlier generations of poets.
• Bloom suggests that poets find their distinctive voices in an act of misprision, or
misreading, of earlier influences, thus refiguring the poetic tradition.
• Although Bloom presents his thesis as a theory of poetry, it can be applied to other arts
as well.
• A group of literary works commonly regarded as central or authoritative to the literary
tradition.
• For example, many critics concur that the Western canon—the central literary works of
Western civilization—includes the writings of Homer, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and the like.
• A canon is an evolving entity, as works are added or subtracted as their perceived value
shifts over time.
• A post-structuralist theory, first advanced by Roland Barthes, that suggests that the
reader, not the author, creates the meaning of a text. Ultimately, the very idea of an
author is a fiction invented by the reader.
• Terms that Ferdinand de Saussure used to describe two different approaches to
language.
• The diachronic approach looks at language as a historical process and examines the
ways in which it has changed over time.
• The synchronic approach looks at language at a particular moment in time, without
reference to history.
• Saussure’s structuralist approach is synchronic, for it studies language as a system of
interrelated signs that have no reference to anything (such as history) outside of the
system.
• Terms fundamental to Ferdinand de Saussure’s structuralism linguistics.
• A sign is a basic unit of meaning—a word, picture, or hand gesture, for instance, that
conveys some meaning.
• A signifier is the perceptible aspect of a sign (e.g., the word “car”)
• The signified is the conceptual aspect of a sign (e.g., the concept of a car).
• A referent is a physical object to which a sign system refers (e.g., the physical car itself).
• Terms that the Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin used to distinguish works that are
controlled by a single, authorial voice (monologic) from works in which no single voice
predominates (dialogic or polyphonic).
• Bakhtin takes Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky as examples of monologic and dialogic
writing, respectively.
• Terms that Aristotle first used to distinguish “telling”(diegesis) from
“showing” (mimesis).
• In a play, for instance, most of the action is mimetic, but moments in which a character
recounts what has happened offstage are diegetic.
• A post-structuralist term for the wider social and intellectual context in which
communication takes place.
• The implication is that the meaning of works is as dependent on their surrounding
context as it is on the content of the works themselves.
• An explanation of a text that clarifies difficult passages and analyzes its contemporary
relevance or application.
• A close reading of a text that identifies and explains the figurative language and forms
within the work.
• The study of textual interpretation and of the way in which a text communicates
meaning.
• The various relationships a text may have with other texts, through allusions, borrowing
of formal or thematic elements, or simply by reference to traditional literary forms.
• The term is important to structuralist and poststructuralist critics, who argue that texts
relate primarily to one another and not to an external reality.
• The desire for an ultimate guarantee of meaning, whether God, Truth, Reason, or
something else.
• Jacques Derrida criticizes the bulk of Western philosophy as being based on a
logocentric “metaphysics of presence,” which insists on the presence of some such
ultimate guarantee.
• The main goal of deconstruction is to undermine this belief.
• A technical language that explains and interprets the properties of ordinary language.
• For example, the vocabulary of literary criticism is a metalanguage that explains the
ordinary language of literature.
• Post-structuralist critics argue that there is no such thing as a metalanguage; rather,
they assert, all language is on an even plane and therefore there is no essential
difference between literature and criticism.
• A larger framework within which we understand historical processes.
• For instance, a Marxist metanarrative sees history primarily as a history of changing
material circumstances and class struggle.
• Post-structuralist critics draw our attention to the ways in which assumed met
narratives can be used as tools of political domination.
• The study of narrative, encompassing the different kinds of narrative voices, forms of
narrative, and possibilities of narrative analysis.
• or semiology: Terms for the study of sign systems and the ways in which
communication functions through conventions in sign systems. Semiotics is central
to structuralist linguistics.
Term Definition
Canon A group of literary works commonly regarded as central or authoritative to the literary
tradition.
Dialogic Works in which no single voice predominates
Diegesis “telling” In a play, moments in which a character recounts what has happened offstage
are diegetic
Discourse A post-structuralist term for the wider social and intellectual context in which
communication takes place.
Hermeneutic
s
The study of textual interpretation and of the way in which a text communicates meaning.
TERM DEFINITION
Intertextuality The various relationships a text may have with other texts, through allusions,
borrowing of formal or thematic elements, or simply by reference to traditional
literary forms.
Mimesis “showing” In a play, most of the action is mimetic
Monologic Works that are controlled by a single, authorial voice
Narratology The study of narrative, encompassing the different kinds of narrative voices, forms of
narrative, and possibilities of narrative analysis.
Semiotics The study of sign systems and the ways in which communication functions through
conventions in sign systems.

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Literary terms and theories

  • 2. • By the end of this part, you will be able: • To define "literary term" and "terminology". • To define some common literary term. • To realize the importance of these literary term in the literary movements and theories studied so far.
  • 3. Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. Lexicography: Terminology differs from lexicography in studying concepts, conceptual systems, and their labels (terms), whereas lexicography study words and their meanings.
  • 4. • A theory that the critic Harold Bloom put forth in The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry (1973). • Bloom suggests that poets, plagued by anxiety that they have nothing new to say, struggle against the influence of earlier generations of poets. • Bloom suggests that poets find their distinctive voices in an act of misprision, or misreading, of earlier influences, thus refiguring the poetic tradition. • Although Bloom presents his thesis as a theory of poetry, it can be applied to other arts as well.
  • 5. • A group of literary works commonly regarded as central or authoritative to the literary tradition. • For example, many critics concur that the Western canon—the central literary works of Western civilization—includes the writings of Homer, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and the like. • A canon is an evolving entity, as works are added or subtracted as their perceived value shifts over time.
  • 6. • A post-structuralist theory, first advanced by Roland Barthes, that suggests that the reader, not the author, creates the meaning of a text. Ultimately, the very idea of an author is a fiction invented by the reader.
  • 7. • Terms that Ferdinand de Saussure used to describe two different approaches to language. • The diachronic approach looks at language as a historical process and examines the ways in which it has changed over time. • The synchronic approach looks at language at a particular moment in time, without reference to history. • Saussure’s structuralist approach is synchronic, for it studies language as a system of interrelated signs that have no reference to anything (such as history) outside of the system.
  • 8. • Terms fundamental to Ferdinand de Saussure’s structuralism linguistics. • A sign is a basic unit of meaning—a word, picture, or hand gesture, for instance, that conveys some meaning. • A signifier is the perceptible aspect of a sign (e.g., the word “car”) • The signified is the conceptual aspect of a sign (e.g., the concept of a car). • A referent is a physical object to which a sign system refers (e.g., the physical car itself).
  • 9. • Terms that the Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin used to distinguish works that are controlled by a single, authorial voice (monologic) from works in which no single voice predominates (dialogic or polyphonic). • Bakhtin takes Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky as examples of monologic and dialogic writing, respectively.
  • 10. • Terms that Aristotle first used to distinguish “telling”(diegesis) from “showing” (mimesis). • In a play, for instance, most of the action is mimetic, but moments in which a character recounts what has happened offstage are diegetic.
  • 11. • A post-structuralist term for the wider social and intellectual context in which communication takes place. • The implication is that the meaning of works is as dependent on their surrounding context as it is on the content of the works themselves.
  • 12. • An explanation of a text that clarifies difficult passages and analyzes its contemporary relevance or application.
  • 13. • A close reading of a text that identifies and explains the figurative language and forms within the work.
  • 14. • The study of textual interpretation and of the way in which a text communicates meaning.
  • 15. • The various relationships a text may have with other texts, through allusions, borrowing of formal or thematic elements, or simply by reference to traditional literary forms. • The term is important to structuralist and poststructuralist critics, who argue that texts relate primarily to one another and not to an external reality.
  • 16. • The desire for an ultimate guarantee of meaning, whether God, Truth, Reason, or something else. • Jacques Derrida criticizes the bulk of Western philosophy as being based on a logocentric “metaphysics of presence,” which insists on the presence of some such ultimate guarantee. • The main goal of deconstruction is to undermine this belief.
  • 17. • A technical language that explains and interprets the properties of ordinary language. • For example, the vocabulary of literary criticism is a metalanguage that explains the ordinary language of literature. • Post-structuralist critics argue that there is no such thing as a metalanguage; rather, they assert, all language is on an even plane and therefore there is no essential difference between literature and criticism.
  • 18. • A larger framework within which we understand historical processes. • For instance, a Marxist metanarrative sees history primarily as a history of changing material circumstances and class struggle. • Post-structuralist critics draw our attention to the ways in which assumed met narratives can be used as tools of political domination.
  • 19. • The study of narrative, encompassing the different kinds of narrative voices, forms of narrative, and possibilities of narrative analysis.
  • 20. • or semiology: Terms for the study of sign systems and the ways in which communication functions through conventions in sign systems. Semiotics is central to structuralist linguistics.
  • 21. Term Definition Canon A group of literary works commonly regarded as central or authoritative to the literary tradition. Dialogic Works in which no single voice predominates Diegesis “telling” In a play, moments in which a character recounts what has happened offstage are diegetic Discourse A post-structuralist term for the wider social and intellectual context in which communication takes place. Hermeneutic s The study of textual interpretation and of the way in which a text communicates meaning.
  • 22. TERM DEFINITION Intertextuality The various relationships a text may have with other texts, through allusions, borrowing of formal or thematic elements, or simply by reference to traditional literary forms. Mimesis “showing” In a play, most of the action is mimetic Monologic Works that are controlled by a single, authorial voice Narratology The study of narrative, encompassing the different kinds of narrative voices, forms of narrative, and possibilities of narrative analysis. Semiotics The study of sign systems and the ways in which communication functions through conventions in sign systems.