Keepin' It Real
The study of reality or being.
What is Ontology?
Strict adherence to prescribed or external forms.
What is formalism?
The study of knowledge.
What is epistemology?
In order to understand things more fully, you need to understand their opposites.
What is dialectical thinking?
Understanding complexity by breaking them down to more fundamental parts.
What is reductionism?
He said "we find a rigorous organization dependent on the faultless armature of a discourse that commands a belief in itself."
Who is Michel Foucault?
In advertising, the apple is the _____, and the computer company is the _______.
What is the signifier? What is signified?
The nature of being.
What is Ontology?
This novel, you read in 10th grade, is an example of a dialectical narrative.
What is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
The novel American Gods is an example of blended multiple cultures and different deities.
What is syncretism?
A challenging set of beliefs that create dissonance with the dominant construct through language.
What is discursive language*?
*language or structure or formation
He laid the groundwork for structuralism in anthropology.
Who is Claude Levi-Strauss?
One of the distinct categories some believe see as an ontological reality.
What are forms, objects, essences?
Understanding the world through contrasting elements.
What is Binary Opposition?
Individual instances of speech and writing.
What is parole?
He produced the groundwork for structuralism in linguistics.
Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?
A sound, image or symbol (like a word) that represents an concept or meaning.
What is a signifier?
A concept behind the object that is being represented.
What is signified?
He spoke about rhyme and reason in the structure.
Who is Vladimir Propp?
The letter from Clare is an example of this literary term
What is an objective correlative?
The Aztecs "transitioned" into Christianity.
What is syncretism?
The form of a work of literature is inherently a part of its content.
What is formalism?
I can see Sula responsible for Chicken Little's death and also see she is not responsible.
What is dialectical thinking?
Human made construction attempt to impose limits on the world in order to make sense that uphold traditional power relations.
What is a discursive structure?
The underlying structure or system of a language.
What is langue?