0401-Week6
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- Mimesis
Mimesis is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include imitation, representation, mimicry, imitatio, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self. - 625. Ode on a Grecian Urn
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty" - Ode
Ode is a type of lyrical stanza. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. It is an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally. - Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street by Herman Melville
1. summery: sparknotes
2. important quotations explained: Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity! - Didacticism
Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. The term origin in the Ancient Greek means "related to education and teaching", and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner. - Theme of "Cathedral" - seeing is not believing
The Reader is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations have had comprehending the Holocaust; Ruth Franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation Berthold Brecht called the Nachgeborenen, those who came after. Like other novels in the genre of Vergangenheitsbewältigung, the struggle to come to terms with the past, The Reader explores how the post-war generations should approach the generation that took part in, or witnessed, the atrocities. These are the questions at the heart of Holocaust literature in the late 20th and early 21st century, as the victims and witnesses die and living memory fades.
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Syllables
- script-→write
(1) p.s.=post script
(2) subscribe - equi-→equal
(1) equinox (n.)
Meaning: the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox).
(2) equity (n.)
Meaning1: The value of the shares/stock issued by a company.
Meaning2: A branch of law that developed alongside the common law in order to fix some of the outright bullshit, injustice and unfairness present in the common law - asset (n.)
Meaning: a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality. - liability (n)
Synonyms: responsibility, duty
Meaning1: the state of being responsible for something, especially by law.
Meaning2: a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage. - assets-liabilities=equity
- retro-→backwards
(1) retrospect (n.)
Meaning: a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
(2) retrogression (n.)
Meaning: the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one.
(3) retroactive (adj.)
Meaning: (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past.
- spect-→look, see
(1) spectator (n.)
(2) spectacle (n.)
- aster-/astr-→star
(1) asteroid (n.)
Meaning: a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across (Ceres) to dust particles, are found (as the asteroid belt ) especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits, and a few pass close to the earth or enter the atmosphere as meteors.
(2) astronomy (n.)
Meaning: the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
(3) astronaut (n.)
- exquisitely (adv.)
Synonyms: delicately, fine, finely
Meaning: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" - exemplary (adj.)
Meaning1: serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
Meaning2: (of a punishment) serving as a warning or deterrent. - irreproachable (adj.)
Meaning: beyond criticism; faultless. - asperity (n.)
Meaning: harshness of tone or manner. - dynamic (adj.)
Synonyms: active, brisk
Meaning1: (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
Meaning2: relating to the volume of sound produced by an instrument, voice, or recording. - acute (adj.)
Meaning1: (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.
Meaning2: having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight: shrewd.