10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTENTIOUSNESS»
Discover the use of
sententiousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sententiousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sententiousness and the Novel: Laying Down the Law in ...
A theoretical and deconstructive analysis of the function of maxims, generalizations and other law-like statements in eighteenth-century French writing.
Geoffrey Bennington, 2008
2
Scenes of Instruction in Renaissance Romance
The first formal approach to sententiousness suggests that if maxims, aphorisms
and other sententious forms can indeed be found in abundance in novel texts,
then they are no more than a non-essential adjunct to the 'essence' of the novel.
3
Race, Rhetoric, and the Postcolonial
However, like all pedagogical forms, I think sententiousness must also keep open
for itself the possibility that the place where the sentence falls, where it will be
taken up again, where the pause occurs in the sententiousness, where there is a
...
Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham, 1999
4
Critical Intellectuals on Writing
Q. Do you believe that writers and teachers of writing should problematize the
dynamics of discourse by introducing discussions of sententiousness? A. Yes, I
think so. Sententiousness is a particular ideology of rhetoric, and it has a
particular ...
Gary A. Olson, Lynn Worsham, 2010
5
Talk Is Cheap : Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of ...
To practice sententiousness is not so much to utter cliches as if they were your
own as to cloak oneself in the wisdom of the proverbs of the culture. Being
sententious, at least in our culture, is risky: you risk getting laughed at as a
copycat if you ...
Minnesota John Haiman Professor of Linguistics Macalester College, 1998
6
Aphorism in the Francophone Novel of the Twentieth Century
Bennington reveals the pitfalls inherent in such a taxonomy of sententiousness
and warns of "the danger of assuming that sententious discourse can be thought
of as a unified 'space' adequately covered by the terms available for designating
...
7
Framing Authority: Sayings, Self, and Society in ...
Although sententiousness—brevity, prescriptiveness, and strong closure—was
not the only criterion for inclusion in a sixteenth-century notebook, it was a
significant factor. Geoffrey Bennington's poststructuralist analysis of
sententiousness in ...
8
Eurykleia and Her Successors: Female Figures of Authority in ...
The first line, as she bewails the afflictions of human nature, reflects her tendency
for sententiousness.25 The second line indicates her function as the person who
has the responsibility for action: she has to. 22 In the light of Hippolytus' use of ...
Helen Pournara Karydas, 1998
9
Stubborn Poetries: Poetic Facticity and the Avant-Garde
Is it a self-contradiction (and hence “false”), or a description of the comma-filled
but period-less work it introduces (and hence “true”)? If it's a pun, is it jokey?
Ironic? “Poetic”? Intense? Is it telling us we're going to get sententiousness
without ...
10
Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy
Kitto notes the “empty sententiousness” of this remark, and no doubt it has a
formulaic, even rather dismissive ring. But where they had said “do you see?”
and Neoptolemus had replied “I see”, now they echo this precisely with opsetai, [
god] ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTENTIOUSNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sententiousness is used in the context of the following news items.
'True Detective' Recap: A Plastic Doll with a Fresh Coat of Paint
... pitch perfect improvised parody of this show's weirdness, moodiness, and sententiousness. The show features nihilistic monologues, creepy villains, and even ... «Decider, Jul 15»
Rahul Gandhi Returns With Recharged Batteries
Moreover, sententiousness about politics being a 24x7 job was negated the moment Rahul mounted the stage. The party was in readiness for him, not moping ... «NDTV, Apr 15»
Anne McElvoy: The Rona and Margaret show - when two power …
... of advancement of women in the public sphere: a contest of smooth corporate side-stepping of failure on one side and table-thumping sententiousness on the ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
A Nightmare on Broadway
... to bother weaving together, in our minds, multiple complicated and sometimes soap-operatic plots; and to overlook the occasional sententiousness of Babel, ... «The New York Review of Books, Jan 15»
DV8's John, National Theatre, review: 'bravely confrontational'
The words give the movement purpose; the movement restrains the words from sentimentality or sententiousness. This technique that he has developed with his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
Ballyturk review – frenzied, incessant, sententious
The worst thing about Ballyturk is not the frenzied whimsy, the incessant roaring, the excessive antics or the sudden lurch into sententiousness. It is that through ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Rivers' death should spell end of 'comedienne'
I can offer random iconoclasm in a 10-pack or an assortment of sententiousness on a range of social topics. All major credit cards accepted." He didn't reply by ... «Chicago Tribune, Sep 14»
Prom 23, 25 and 26 - review
If the Lights Out sententiousness which rounded things off – with Sam West intoning 'For those who die as cattle' – fell dismally flat, that was because the ... «The Independent, Aug 14»
Film Review: 'Heaven Is for Real'
... surprised by some of its understated virtues: a carefully open-minded appeal to skeptics, a wry sense of humor that wards off sententiousness at key moments, ... «Variety, Apr 14»
Yiyun Li's second novel explores the poison in the system
The second is Li's tendency towards cloying sententiousness and grandiose assertions. Buddhist sayings and Chinese proverbs have their place and are artfully ... «The National, Apr 14»
