Richard Foley
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691154725
- eISBN:
- 9781400842308
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691154725.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
This chapter talks about how stories drive the contemporary theory of knowledge. The practice is to tell a tiny story, use it to elicit an intuition about whether the subject has or lacks knowledge, ...
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This chapter talks about how stories drive the contemporary theory of knowledge. The practice is to tell a tiny story, use it to elicit an intuition about whether the subject has or lacks knowledge, and then draw a moral for the theory of knowledge. Some of the stories are stripped-down versions of familiar situations. Others depict unusual circumstances, and still others are beyond unusual. These stories, such as the ones so far related in this volume, make use of the common literary device of providing the audience with information that the subjects of the stories lack. Moreover, the stories are told in a way to suggest that the missing information is important.Less
This chapter talks about how stories drive the contemporary theory of knowledge. The practice is to tell a tiny story, use it to elicit an intuition about whether the subject has or lacks knowledge, and then draw a moral for the theory of knowledge. Some of the stories are stripped-down versions of familiar situations. Others depict unusual circumstances, and still others are beyond unusual. These stories, such as the ones so far related in this volume, make use of the common literary device of providing the audience with information that the subjects of the stories lack. Moreover, the stories are told in a way to suggest that the missing information is important.
Avraham Grossman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781904113898
- eISBN:
- 9781800340213
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781904113898.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter assesses Rashi's commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible. In his commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings, collectively referred to ...
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This chapter assesses Rashi's commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible. In his commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings, collectively referred to by the Hebrew acronym Nakh), Rashi made extensive use of rabbinic material, though to a lesser degree than in his commentary on the Torah. About a quarter of the commentary on the Torah is original material; in the commentaries on Nakh, the figure is about two-thirds, the amount varying with the nature of each book and its commentary. Rashi makes less use of midrashic language, and the commentaries differ somewhat in character too. In addition, he gives more consideration to historical background, to literary devices, and, especially, to anti-Christian polemic. The chapter then looks at how questions of language and grammar, as well as references to daily life, receive considerable attention in Rashi's commentaries.Less
This chapter assesses Rashi's commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible. In his commentaries on the later books of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings, collectively referred to by the Hebrew acronym Nakh), Rashi made extensive use of rabbinic material, though to a lesser degree than in his commentary on the Torah. About a quarter of the commentary on the Torah is original material; in the commentaries on Nakh, the figure is about two-thirds, the amount varying with the nature of each book and its commentary. Rashi makes less use of midrashic language, and the commentaries differ somewhat in character too. In addition, he gives more consideration to historical background, to literary devices, and, especially, to anti-Christian polemic. The chapter then looks at how questions of language and grammar, as well as references to daily life, receive considerable attention in Rashi's commentaries.
ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824838959
- eISBN:
- 9780824869496
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824838959.003.0022
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter examines certain hallmarks of Hawaiian literature by focusing on mo‘okū‘auhau (genealogy) as a key traditional meiwi that was adapted from oral traditions to ka palapala (literature). ...
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This chapter examines certain hallmarks of Hawaiian literature by focusing on mo‘okū‘auhau (genealogy) as a key traditional meiwi that was adapted from oral traditions to ka palapala (literature). Drawing from Hiapo Perreira’s scholarship on Hawaiian oratory, the chapter explores literary devices, rhetorics, and aesthetics in various Hawaiian mele and Kanaka Maoli mo‘olelo (more specifically, non?ction writing) from the nineteenth century to the present. It analyzes a number of Kanaka ‘Ōiwi writings that highlight the importance of moʻokū‘auhau as a meiwi mo‘okalaleo that continues to be implemented in meaningful ways.Less
This chapter examines certain hallmarks of Hawaiian literature by focusing on mo‘okū‘auhau (genealogy) as a key traditional meiwi that was adapted from oral traditions to ka palapala (literature). Drawing from Hiapo Perreira’s scholarship on Hawaiian oratory, the chapter explores literary devices, rhetorics, and aesthetics in various Hawaiian mele and Kanaka Maoli mo‘olelo (more specifically, non?ction writing) from the nineteenth century to the present. It analyzes a number of Kanaka ‘Ōiwi writings that highlight the importance of moʻokū‘auhau as a meiwi mo‘okalaleo that continues to be implemented in meaningful ways.
Cóilín Owens
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813031934
- eISBN:
- 9780813038759
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813031934.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter discusses further features concerning James Joyce's story “A Painful Case”. It is able to observe the physical exercise of walking as being Joyce's favourite form of exercise as ...
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This chapter discusses further features concerning James Joyce's story “A Painful Case”. It is able to observe the physical exercise of walking as being Joyce's favourite form of exercise as evidenced when Joyce endows his alter ego, James Duffy, with a similar taste for healthy exercise. The discussion also pinpoints the literary devices used in the story and examines the different drafts Joyce made while writing the story. The reading of the story, then, depends on aesthetic considerations. These are a recognition of the relationship between the songs, their spirit and their content, the relationship between their performers, and the manifold distinctions between life and art.Less
This chapter discusses further features concerning James Joyce's story “A Painful Case”. It is able to observe the physical exercise of walking as being Joyce's favourite form of exercise as evidenced when Joyce endows his alter ego, James Duffy, with a similar taste for healthy exercise. The discussion also pinpoints the literary devices used in the story and examines the different drafts Joyce made while writing the story. The reading of the story, then, depends on aesthetic considerations. These are a recognition of the relationship between the songs, their spirit and their content, the relationship between their performers, and the manifold distinctions between life and art.
Jeannette Stirling
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846312373
- eISBN:
- 9781846316173
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316173
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Social Groups
At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. This book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. The author argues that ...
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At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. This book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. The author argues that neurological discourse from the late nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century is as much forged by the cultural conditions and representational politics of the times as it is by the science of western medicine. Along the way, she explores narratives of epilepsy depicting ideas of social disorder, tainted bloodlines, sexual deviance, spiritualism and criminality in works as diverse as David Copperfield and The X Files.Less
At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. This book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. The author argues that neurological discourse from the late nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century is as much forged by the cultural conditions and representational politics of the times as it is by the science of western medicine. Along the way, she explores narratives of epilepsy depicting ideas of social disorder, tainted bloodlines, sexual deviance, spiritualism and criminality in works as diverse as David Copperfield and The X Files.
Michael A. Flower
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780195188677
- eISBN:
- 9780190261221
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195188677.003.0006
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Prose and Writers: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This chapter discusses the literary devices Xenophon has employed in introducing himself as the hero of the Anabasis. The character of Xenophon has been carefully integrated into the story during a ...
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This chapter discusses the literary devices Xenophon has employed in introducing himself as the hero of the Anabasis. The character of Xenophon has been carefully integrated into the story during a moment of crisis late in the narrative, to give the illusion of authorial objectivity. But Xenophon in the Anabasis does seem “too good to be true,” though it is after all in the nature of an autobiography for the author to assume the dominant role in the narrative. The idealized self-representation of Xenophon in the narrative appears to symbolize the epitome of good governance, in keeping with the fact that leadership is a central theme in the Anabasis.Less
This chapter discusses the literary devices Xenophon has employed in introducing himself as the hero of the Anabasis. The character of Xenophon has been carefully integrated into the story during a moment of crisis late in the narrative, to give the illusion of authorial objectivity. But Xenophon in the Anabasis does seem “too good to be true,” though it is after all in the nature of an autobiography for the author to assume the dominant role in the narrative. The idealized self-representation of Xenophon in the narrative appears to symbolize the epitome of good governance, in keeping with the fact that leadership is a central theme in the Anabasis.
