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'''Literary Analysis and Criticism''' | '''Literary Analysis and Criticism''' | ||
== Criticism definition == | |||
* from "critical" | |||
** adjective to discern, judge | |||
** see [[critical thought]] | |||
>> https://www.bing.com/search?q=ciritical&cvid=721ae44481e7452595fb6b2e1ee79660&pglt=161&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=HCTS | |||
== Summarizing == | == Summarizing == | ||
* plot, setting, narrator, character, conflict, change, connection, reflection, language, and theme. | * plot, setting, narrator, character, conflict, change, connection, reflection, language, and theme. | ||
== Journey of the hero == | |||
Jecon 11/27 | |||
12 Elements of the heros journey: | |||
1. background, life as normal | |||
2. the call | |||
3. refusal of the call | |||
4. discover a mentor | |||
5. passing the threshhold (heading into the journey) | |||
6. encounter allies and enemies | |||
7. tests and challenges | |||
8. the "innermost cave" (despair moment) | |||
9. seizing the sword: facing the enemy head on | |||
10. the ultimate ordeal | |||
11. resurrection: hero brought back to life, literal o | |||
12. Returning w/ the elixir >> going back to normal life | |||
see : Joesph Campbell's "The Power of Myth" | |||
> the monomyth of call to adventure, tests, and resurrection | |||
== Literary Criticism == | == Literary Criticism == | ||
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** argues against euphemisms and euphemistic language | ** argues against euphemisms and euphemistic language | ||
** online sources: | ** online sources: | ||
=== Sokal affair === | |||
* Professor of Physics Alan Sokal published a paper purporting to take seriously the idea that the laws of physics are social constructs | |||
** he was satirizing similar theories in the social sciences, especially postmodern studies | |||
* his paper: [https://physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (nyu.edu)] | |||
* see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair | |||
== Thomas C. Foster== | == Thomas C. Foster== |