History (resistance and power)
What are the three concepts
1. Collective consciousness
2. Atomization
3. Escape from freedom
What is a prompt
An open ended question that invites an essay length response
Who was Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Russian novelist, author of We, a member of the Russian avant-garde, exiled for his criticism of the Revolution
Explain Social Force (ISA) and give an example
the ideologies are transmitted through school, churches, the workplace
(ex: "murder is wrong")
What are the 3 literary principles
Principle 1 - Ruthless Efficiency (Law of Meaning)
Principle 2 - Cornfield Principle (Rule of Plot)
Principle - Pattern Story (The Broken Rule)
Vietnam War
Example of a backup point (think [blank] facts)
Economic facts, social facts, cultural facts, and literary facts
What was the precursor to the Russian Revolution
A collapsing autocracy- economic woes
Explain Bodily Force (RSA) and give an example
The ideologies are being enforced by the government
(ex: murder is punishable by imprisonment or death)
What are the dystopian futures
I. Totalitarian Control
II. Environmental Collapse
III. Technological Dominance
In 1976, who did the Argentinian government attack?
Political opponents, activists, students, journalists, anyone suspected of dissent
What does a thesis need in order to be successful
Defendable opinion, 2-3 backup points, and a destruction of a devils advocate
How did Tsars Alexander I and II censor their people
Instituted the secret police and started to surveillance their people
What are Kenneth Burke's theory of identification?
I. Separation as Truth - a shared ideology ; there is an object of belief that society identify with
II. Consubstantiation - you become in, with, and under one another; NOT codependency
III. Scapegoating - putting the burden on a specific group or an individual
Name 3 literary stages
Stasis, Exigency, Desire, Method, Dramatic Complications, Storm, Resolution
What was happening in South Africa
Racial segregation was being enforced by law (RSA). Years later in 1994 a collective resistance was able to topple apartheid.
How would you test if your thesis is good?
Ask “why does this matter?” three times
What was the result of the Russian Revolution
The Revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power which led to Lenin's rule and later Stalin's rise as the Soviet Union became a one-party state
What are the type of personalities one might be in the Web of Signifiers?
Identity/Reject - tight, constant movement
Rationalize - defending or refuting without seeing the larger picture
Cynical Awareness - see the larger picture, but still have knee-jerk reactions
Traverse Fantasy - choices are deliberate and long-term
What are the consequences of dystopian futures?
social stratification, loss of identity, and apocalyptic survival
How did Mao Zedong gain power in China in 1966
His political campaign that enforced the ideology to conform. Students were even encouraged to police their teachers and parents.
What do prompts require?
Critical thinking and an argument
Describe Autocracy, Dictatorship, Anarchism, and Fascism
Autocracy - System of government in which one person has absolute power
Dictatorship - type of autocracy with a dictator leading the system
Anarchism - political theory which aims to abolish the government and organization of society
Fascism - far right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist movement advocating for dictatorship
Explain the Web of Sugnifiers
In a society, there are Dominant Ideologies and Subversive Ideologies, and we are all caught in the middle. The way you move throughout life determines your reality.
What are the Laws of Polarization
Law 1 - each story relies on the push and pull of two opposite elements
Law 2 - the attraction will be very strong, they will attract as close as possible then be blown apart
Law 3 - the two elements are symbols of two opposing answers to the same argument
Law 4 - the winner in the end is the author's ultimate thesis to an argument