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The perspective that shapes how we are able to hear or see a situation. Look for grammatical cues (1st/3rd person) and what the narrator observes or knows (that we might not, if we were in their place).

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To reveal information about oneself to another. Often, this involves sharing part of an individual's subjective understanding about the world or relationships.

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A state or space that is in-between. Think back to Fred Wah's treatment of the door in Diamond Grill

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The focus of Fred Wah's critical discussion at the end of his text. Wah wants to question what it means to be in between. To him, the hyphen signals a movement, from one thing to another, and has an innate tension.

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A term borrowed from French philosopher Louis Althusser. In this course, we use it to refer to the phenomenon of being hailed under a particular identity or state of being.

Technically, it refers to how one is presented with the ideas or values of their society, and is pushed to internalize them.

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An address or text linked to saying goodbye. Think about Lawrence Hill's essay and how it features his mother.

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The act of sensing, testifying to, or gaining knowledge of something.
What are the responsibilities of one who has witnessed something?

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A particular style, or presentation of something. In this course, we thought about aestheticization - in a sense, seeing things as artistic first, without paying attention to historical or political contexts.

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Hypotaxis - subordinating one clause to another (coordinating different parts of a sentence through grammar)
Parataxis - placing side by side, or juxtaposing clauses.
Look at https://literarydevices.net/parataxis/ for examples

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To place the human at the center of things is to be anthropocentric. In this course, we consider it as an element of perspective. What comparisons can be drawn to the environment and other entities when we think about the human as most important?

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An idea from Protagoras that mankind is the measure of all things. If all things are relative to human understanding and judgment, then what happens to objective truth?

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A trope is a situation where a word has meaning outside of ordinary use
A scheme has to do with an unusual arrangement of words

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Putting an abstract concept in a concrete or tangible form. Often, in a literary context, we think about how sensory experiences are paralleled or connected to some abstract understanding.

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Use of words in text, or the particular enunciation used in an act of speech. Think about the style or sound of a text, read aloud.

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The idea that language has the capacity to enact change. Consider when a speech becomes an action.

A common teaching example is marriage vows.

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The idea of a blank slate. Historically linked to a philosophical concept of an 'untainted' mind. Also considered in contexts where judgment is removed.

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A system of ideas that inform political, economic, and cultural practices.

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Ideas or practices that are considered as natural, or which do not draw attention by reason of being common

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Dominant authority or influence. In a modern context, often used in the context of discussions about an individual within the state. Was once used to discuss how one city state might dominate other city states.

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Capacity to act, often linked to self-determination.
Think about how an individual might recognize a situation, make a decision, and then act.

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Something that is inter subjective is shared between differing conscious viewpoints.
Think about how a book can be read together, and how different understandings develop from that experience.

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To reproduce reality in art, or to imitate. An example is how a sequence of panels in a comic strip can produce the illusion of movement.

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The idea of telling or sharing a story within the world of that story. Very close to the idea of narration.