This week we read more from Goldberg that was assigned online. This was a good change of pace from the books that we have been reading for the last month or so. Wreckage of Reason is funny to me, but it was starting to get a little weird the last couple of weeks. I can only take so much abstract writing before it starts to drive me a little crazy. Goldberg is totally different then these stories, and is also different then Bird by Bird is. I enjoyed the reading that we had to do for this week, it was a good way to shake things up a little.
The first section in this weeks reading by Goldberg is called, "Use Lonliness", and I thought that it was a really cool piece of writing that I totally agree with. She talks about how rough it is to be a writer on a daily basis, which is totally true. It is really hard to push through writing block and everyday problems that you run into when you are writing. It is totally on yourself to try and push through problems that you have, you cant rely on others to help you through them. Writing for a living, being a writer seems to be really depressing. It is a job that never really ends, because you can always change or correct something to make it better.
I also enjoyed the "Claim Your Writing" section of Goldbergs writing. In my opinion, I think that Goldberg was trying to express that even though not all of the writing that you have done over time might not be that good, you still have to live up to what you wrote. No one else is to blame or to be credited for what you put down on paper. You should be proud of what you have created, and what you have spent a ton of time to express. Not many people in this world these days own up to what they have done, and this is a weakness in society right now. This is part of being a writer, you are going to write things for other peoples enjoyment and when you do something great, you should be credited for it, and when you write things that are not good, you should own up to it and stand by it.
Lamott also came across to me as super depressing. I actually enjoy writing everyday, and when I read what Lamott has to say, I feel like eventually I am going to become a crazy drug addict if I continue to write. This kind of freaks me out a little. When I get stuck when I'm writing, I find a productive way to work my way through it. It might make me a little anxious or hyper trying to work on it, but I always get through it without using drugs or pulling my hair out. I am going to search and try to find a writier that doesn't want to kill themselves or hasn't been drivin crazy from writing for a living.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Week 12 (4/2-4/8)
This week I decided that I would post my terms online. I figured this would help my fellow classmates, along with changing things up from the everyweek blog that I have been writing.
AMBIGUITY: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
AMBIVALENCE: Uncertainty or fluctuation which is caused by inability to choose or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
CONNOTATIVE: Implying a secondary meaning to a word in addition to the primary meaning.
SUBJECTIVE: Existing in the mind, also the characteristics of an individual.
OBJECTIVE: Ones actions of efforts towards accomplishing a goal or target.
HYPERBOLE: Intentional exaggeration of a statement. Not to be taken literally.
IRONY: Using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its actual meaning.
SYNTAX: The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
SIGNIFIED: Concept or thing denoted by a sign.
SIGNIFIER: configuration of sound elements or other linguistic symbols representing a word or other unit in a language.
METAPHOR: Figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a similarity.
SIMILE: Comparing two things that are normally not alike by using the words like or as.
OBJECTIVE CORRELATIVE: A depicted situation or chain of events that objectifies a particular emotion in a way to produce emotion in the reader.
METONOMY: Figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for relating it to another.
MEMESIS: Imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another.
PERFORMATIVE: Performing an act by the very fact of uttering. I play, performs the act of playing.
PARADOX: A statement that seems self-contradicting or absurd, but in reality, represent a truth.
JUXTAPOSITION: Placing close together or side by side in order to compare or contrast.
COLLAGE: The art form of pasting together random things that are normally not associated with each other. Can be used for presentations or other things.
MONTAGE: Technique of making a composition of pictorial elements from various sources, as either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally.
FRAGMENTATION: The collapse or breakdown of norms of thoughts or behavior.
SATIRE: Literary composition, in verse in which human folly and vice are held up to ridicule.
PARODY: A humorous or funny imitation of a serious form of literature or writing.
FARCE: A foolish show, mockery, or ridiculous sham.
CONSTRAINT: Limitation or restriction, also the suppression of impulses.
FORM: External appearance, or shape of thing or person.
GENRE: The class or category of an artistic endeavor, having a specific form, shape or technique.
NEW GENRE: Recent forms of genre to immerge in society.
SUB-GENRE: A class or category within a genre.
HYBRID-GENRE: A mix of numerous genre’s or numerous types of genre’s.
STYLE: A particular kind, sort, or type with reference to form appearance and character.
AVANT-GARDE: Advance group in the visual, literary, or musical arts fields, whose works are characterized by weird and experimental methods.
POSTMODERNISM: Number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of practices of modernism.
SURREALISM: Style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery.
REALISM: Interest or concern for real things, actual things, and just the real in general.
METAFICTION: Fiction that analyzes or describes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
PLOT: The storyline, scheme, main story, or plan in a piece of literary work.
NARRATIVE: Story or account of events or experiences, whether true or fictitious.
STORY: A narrative, either true or fictitious, designed to entertain and please the reader.
STANZA: Arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, that form a division of a poem.
ARS POETICA: A treatise on the art of poetry or poetics.
BILDUNGSROMAN: A type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
CONCEPTUAL ART: Art that emphasis is placed on the means and processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves and in which the various tools and techniques, as photographs, photocopies, video records, and the construction of environments and earthworks, are used to convey the message to the spectator.
CONCEPTUAL WRITING: Writing that emphasizes the process of creating literature rather than the objects themselves.
DISCOURSE: Communication of thoughts through words, talk and conversation.
DEFAMILIARIZATION: Forgetting what you already are familiar with.
FORMALISM: Strict staying to, or observance of, traditional forms in music, poetry, and art.
IMPROVISATION: Doing a performance off the top of one’s head. To have to practice before performing.
STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION: Performing with no practice and on the spot, while still having some guidelines to the performance.
INTERTEXTUALITY: The network of relations, conventions, and expectations by which the text is defined; relationship between texts.
MODERNISM: A modern usage or characteristic.
REFERENT: The object or event to which a term or symbol refers.
REPRESENTATION: Action or speech on behalf of a person, group or representative.
RHETORIC: The use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
SIMULTANEITY: Existing, occurring, or operating at the same time.
SYNECDOCHE: Figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part. Ex. Ten sails for ten ships.
AMBIGUITY: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
AMBIVALENCE: Uncertainty or fluctuation which is caused by inability to choose or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
CONNOTATIVE: Implying a secondary meaning to a word in addition to the primary meaning.
SUBJECTIVE: Existing in the mind, also the characteristics of an individual.
OBJECTIVE: Ones actions of efforts towards accomplishing a goal or target.
HYPERBOLE: Intentional exaggeration of a statement. Not to be taken literally.
IRONY: Using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its actual meaning.
SYNTAX: The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
SIGNIFIED: Concept or thing denoted by a sign.
SIGNIFIER: configuration of sound elements or other linguistic symbols representing a word or other unit in a language.
METAPHOR: Figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a similarity.
SIMILE: Comparing two things that are normally not alike by using the words like or as.
OBJECTIVE CORRELATIVE: A depicted situation or chain of events that objectifies a particular emotion in a way to produce emotion in the reader.
METONOMY: Figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for relating it to another.
MEMESIS: Imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another.
PERFORMATIVE: Performing an act by the very fact of uttering. I play, performs the act of playing.
PARADOX: A statement that seems self-contradicting or absurd, but in reality, represent a truth.
JUXTAPOSITION: Placing close together or side by side in order to compare or contrast.
COLLAGE: The art form of pasting together random things that are normally not associated with each other. Can be used for presentations or other things.
MONTAGE: Technique of making a composition of pictorial elements from various sources, as either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally.
FRAGMENTATION: The collapse or breakdown of norms of thoughts or behavior.
SATIRE: Literary composition, in verse in which human folly and vice are held up to ridicule.
PARODY: A humorous or funny imitation of a serious form of literature or writing.
FARCE: A foolish show, mockery, or ridiculous sham.
CONSTRAINT: Limitation or restriction, also the suppression of impulses.
FORM: External appearance, or shape of thing or person.
GENRE: The class or category of an artistic endeavor, having a specific form, shape or technique.
NEW GENRE: Recent forms of genre to immerge in society.
SUB-GENRE: A class or category within a genre.
HYBRID-GENRE: A mix of numerous genre’s or numerous types of genre’s.
STYLE: A particular kind, sort, or type with reference to form appearance and character.
AVANT-GARDE: Advance group in the visual, literary, or musical arts fields, whose works are characterized by weird and experimental methods.
POSTMODERNISM: Number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of practices of modernism.
SURREALISM: Style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery.
REALISM: Interest or concern for real things, actual things, and just the real in general.
METAFICTION: Fiction that analyzes or describes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
PLOT: The storyline, scheme, main story, or plan in a piece of literary work.
NARRATIVE: Story or account of events or experiences, whether true or fictitious.
STORY: A narrative, either true or fictitious, designed to entertain and please the reader.
NONNARRATIVE: A
reading that isn’t a story or account of events.
ANTI-NARRATIVE: The
opposite of a narrative in all ways.
POINT OF VIEW: An
opinion, attitude or judgment, also the way a book is written.
PERSONA: A
person's perceived or evident personality.
LYRIC: Having
the form and musical quality of a song. One
word within a song.
FOOT: Bottom
part of the leg that we stand on when walking.
METER: Unit
of measurement that is equal to about three feet.
RHYME: A word agreeing with another in terms of its sound.STANZA: Arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, that form a division of a poem.
Other
Related Terms you may wish to include (OPTIONAL)
APORIA: The expression
of doubt, as about
where to begin or what to do or say.ARS POETICA: A treatise on the art of poetry or poetics.
BILDUNGSROMAN: A type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
CONCEPTUAL ART: Art that emphasis is placed on the means and processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves and in which the various tools and techniques, as photographs, photocopies, video records, and the construction of environments and earthworks, are used to convey the message to the spectator.
CONCEPTUAL WRITING: Writing that emphasizes the process of creating literature rather than the objects themselves.
DISCOURSE: Communication of thoughts through words, talk and conversation.
DEFAMILIARIZATION: Forgetting what you already are familiar with.
FORMALISM: Strict staying to, or observance of, traditional forms in music, poetry, and art.
IMPROVISATION: Doing a performance off the top of one’s head. To have to practice before performing.
STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION: Performing with no practice and on the spot, while still having some guidelines to the performance.
INTERTEXTUALITY: The network of relations, conventions, and expectations by which the text is defined; relationship between texts.
MODERNISM: A modern usage or characteristic.
REFERENT: The object or event to which a term or symbol refers.
REPRESENTATION: Action or speech on behalf of a person, group or representative.
RHETORIC: The use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
SIMULTANEITY: Existing, occurring, or operating at the same time.
SYNECDOCHE: Figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part. Ex. Ten sails for ten ships.
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