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poetics of the affective-expressive in the novels of Chinua Achebe
Title
The poetics of the affective-expressive in the novels of Chinua Achebe.
Creator
Brown-McDonald, Patricia Rena., Florida Atlantic University, Lewis, Krishnakali
Abstract/Description
Chinua Achebe is one of Africa's most renowned writers. However, the excellence of his work is compromised by the assumptions of Western poetics, that is, mimesis. European critics contend African writing suffers from the prevalent use of proverbs, and obtrusive authorship, among others. But, Earl Miner, through his discourse on the poetics of the affective-expressive, challenges mimesis. He shows that only Western poetics is rooted in drama, all others are rooted in lyric. This fact reverses...
Show moreChinua Achebe is one of Africa's most renowned writers. However, the excellence of his work is compromised by the assumptions of Western poetics, that is, mimesis. European critics contend African writing suffers from the prevalent use of proverbs, and obtrusive authorship, among others. But, Earl Miner, through his discourse on the poetics of the affective-expressive, challenges mimesis. He shows that only Western poetics is rooted in drama, all others are rooted in lyric. This fact reverses the table. African writing, rather than being an oddity, represents a global poetics. Miner shows new ways of analyzing literature by incorporating monogatari, re-evaluating the relationship between history and fiction, looking at points of attention, and examining a lyrical poetics. By taking another look at Achebe's work, particularly Things and Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah in the affective-expressive mode, Achebe's real genius as a writer is all the more evident.
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Date Issued
1998
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15526
Subject Headings
Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation, Poetics, African literature (English)
Format
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naming man: A study of Wallace Stevens's poetry titles
Title
The naming man: A study of Wallace Stevens's poetry titles.
Creator
Weinschenk, George Godfrey, III., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
Abstract/Description
The titles of Wallace Stevens's poetry assist in an explication of the poems. Stevens's titling techniques force the reader into a complicit involvement with the text before the commitment to read is even made. By asserting a strong presence in his titles, Stevens is able to engage the reader in an exploration of what is possible for the imagination. He presents his poetry as a foil for the actualization of his audience. Potentials are experienced and made real by this active involvement with...
Show moreThe titles of Wallace Stevens's poetry assist in an explication of the poems. Stevens's titling techniques force the reader into a complicit involvement with the text before the commitment to read is even made. By asserting a strong presence in his titles, Stevens is able to engage the reader in an exploration of what is possible for the imagination. He presents his poetry as a foil for the actualization of his audience. Potentials are experienced and made real by this active involvement with the poems, which in turn permits them to reveal their hidden meanings. A recursive responsiveness to Stevens's titles during the enjoyment of his poems rewards the reader with some answers to Wallace Stevens's masterful mystery. His management of titles is a part of the syntactical expression that is central to a full experience of his poetry.
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Date Issued
1997
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15402
Subject Headings
Stevens, Wallace,--1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation, Titles of poems, Poetics
Format
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twentieth century American tragedy: Defining Aristotelian hamartia and its allegorical function in Philip Roth's "I Married a Communist"
Title
A twentieth century American tragedy: Defining Aristotelian hamartia and its allegorical function in Philip Roth's "I Married a Communist".
Creator
Short, Vicki Lynn., Florida Atlantic University, Furman, Andrew
Abstract/Description
Philip Roth's novel I Married a Communist exhibits an important thematic current, one which demonstrates how immoderation in individual human character both reflects and proliferates an irrational and insidious political divisiveness, and more importantly, the far-reaching and devastating effects that extremism has on the individual. This theme is clearly derivative of Aristotle's ideas regarding literature and ethics. Furthermore, applying these ideas with those in Aristotle's Poetics,...
Show morePhilip Roth's novel I Married a Communist exhibits an important thematic current, one which demonstrates how immoderation in individual human character both reflects and proliferates an irrational and insidious political divisiveness, and more importantly, the far-reaching and devastating effects that extremism has on the individual. This theme is clearly derivative of Aristotle's ideas regarding literature and ethics. Furthermore, applying these ideas with those in Aristotle's Poetics, namely the concept of hamartia, I demonstrate how immoderation becomes the impetus for peripeteia, the reversal of fortune that ultimately destroys the novel's tragic hero, as defined by Aristotle.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12911
Subject Headings
Roth, Philip--I married a communist, Aristotle--Contributions in concept of the tragic, Aristotle--Poetics
Format
Document (PDF)