ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TROPE
From Latin tropus figurative use of a word, from Greek tropos style, turn; related to trepein to turn.
4 QUOTES WITH «TROPE»
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope - at least as I understand the usage - is more: science used other than literally.
Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on 'Doctor Who' when I was young, though I may be misremembering.
I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you're going to have this lone protagonist, they're going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROPE»
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Genre,
Trope, Gender: Critical Essays
Northrop Frye embellishes the theory of genre in "Henry James and the Comedy of the Occult.
Northrop Frye, R. Barry Rutland, Linda Hutcheon, 1992
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Dual-process Theories in Social Psychology
This informative volume presents the first comprehensive review of research and theory on dual-process models of social information processing.
Shelly Chaiken, Yaacov Trope, 1999
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Engendered
Trope in Joyce's Dubliners
In its theoretical framework, this study is Lacanian not by following Lacan as the traditional psychoanalytic critic would follow Freud or Jung as the master explicator of the literary text but by doing Lacan.
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Stardust Monuments: The Saving and Selling of Hollywood
Hollywood is placeless, timeless, and iconic, a key fabricator and forger of American cultural myths and stories. How, then, will the history of Hollywood be written?
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Glaucoma: A Patient's Guide to the Disease, Fourth Edition
This valuable guide is an essential reference not only for patients but for all health-care professionals, including general practitioners and optometrists.
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Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument: Beyond the ...
Does the incessant repetition of this trope make anti-feminism and misogyny a routine element in everyday speech? And does this repetition work towards delegitimizing feminist arguments and/or undermining feminist politics?
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The Boy Under the Table
Being a mother was all-consuming. There were so many mistakes you could make, so many ways to lose a child.
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Secret Journeys: The
Trope of Women's Travel in American ...
Examines the subversive and constructive narrative of female journey in American literature, from the seventeenth century to the present.
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Trope and Allegory: Themes Common to Dante and Shakespeare
At odds with the view that Shakespeare was a religious skeptic who only paid lip service to religious beliefs to pacify his less perceptive audience, Francis Fergusson investigates a relationship between Shakespeare and Dante, whom he sees ...
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Bar/bat Mitzvah Education: A Sourcebook
I do often find, however, that even musical students have trouble on occasion
moving from one trope to another. It is useful in these cases to point out the
musical interval from the last note of the last trope to the first note of the next trope
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROPE»
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Celestian Tales: Old North Is A JRPG Throwback Without The …
The creators of Celestian Tales: Old North are adamant that they won't adhere to the typical JRPG trope of having a destined hero who has to save the world. «Siliconera, Jul 15»
Bone Season author calls time on 'Strong Female Character' trope
The bestselling author of The Bone Season series, whose first book was published in 28 languages, has called time on the clichéd "strong female character" ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
A Film Noir Trope Is Now Unconstitutional
“Lemme see your register.” Can't you just hear the tough cop asking the hotel desk clerk that question in every noir film you've ever seen? As of Monday, the ... «Bloomberg View, Jun 15»
Bette Davis created a tearjerker trope in Dark Victory
You know the trope of the beautiful young heiress who gets struck down in the prime of life by a brain tumor and falls in love with her dashing doctor? Well, all ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jun 15»
China All Things to All Pundits: Mostly a Rhetorical Trope and Fairy …
Their China isn't a real place but a rhetorical trope, less a genuine rival than a fairy-tale bogeyman… And because China is so vast, its successes can be ... «Reason, May 15»
Hillary Clinton's 'Everyday Pantsuit Tee': from tired trope to …
The Hillary for America campaign added a few items to its online store on Tuesday. Among them: the Everyday Pantsuit Tee. The T-shirt brings “a whole new ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Wine-swilling mom trope ready for retirement
It's time to retire the parenting-is-miserable-thank-God-for-wine trope. (JGI/Jamie Grill, Getty Images). The wine-swilling, yoga-pants-wearing mom jokes are ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
'Dirty Old Man': What If It's Not A Cultural Trope, But A Gentleman …
Turning elder lust into a dirty joke, which we've done for at least 2,000 years, defuses our horror at a parent's loss of dignity but prevents our seeing the behavior ... «WBUR, Apr 15»
Did Owen Jones once describe an 'anti-Semitic trope' as 'eloquent …
Today Owen Jones has criticised Michael Fallon for using the term 'stabbed in the back' to describe what he thinks Ed Miliband would do to Britain over Trident. «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
Tory jibe that Miliband 'will stab UK in back over Trident' is 'anti …
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon was accused of using a “classic anti-Semitic trope” after he claimed Ed Miliband was planning to “stab the United Kingdom in ... «Jewish News, Apr 15»
