A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Populism, Parataxis, Dramatic Structure
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Terminology: canon, denotation, connotation, epigram, iambic pentameter, stanza, quatrain, rhyme, alliteration, end rhyme, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, persona, voice, mood, symbolism. Tale: a brief story that narrates strange and wonderful events in a descriptive, bare style, with simple plot and characterisation. Fairy tale: genre expectations: upsetting or violent plot elements, but reassuring endings. Themes: empowerment, maturation, but also: hidden identities and dark desires; money, sex, power. Fable: a brief, witty story that illustrates a clear moral or statement of truth. Characters represent human qualities and can be humans, gods, animals and inanimate objects. In proverbs, sayings, songs, poetry in popular and high culture alike. Unlike fable: plot is realistic, no supernatural elements. Myth: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon. The friend of wisdom is also the friend of myth aristotle.
