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Hubris

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Excessive pride. A concept introduced in Greece, Holman and Harmon state that it is the "overweening pride or insolence that results in the misfortune of the [[protagonist]] of a [[tragedy]]."<ref name="Holman">Harmon, William and C. Hugh Holman.'' A Handbook to Literature''. 9th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003. p. 250</ref> Humans who suffer from ''hubris'', or ''hybris'', often believe that they can accomplish more than the universe itself will allow. Roger Fowler defines ''hubris'' as "a man's denial of his own mortality" (198). Indeed it seems that the only way for a person to obtain such pride is to lose all sense of fear for his own wellbeing. After all, if a person has no fear at all, then he may have a perfect pride in himself, and in some ways, may even believe that he is perfect. Baldick asserts that "''hubris'' is the Greek word for 'insolence' or 'affront'," often times making it "the pride that comes before the fall" (260). Even though an overpowering sense of pride is healthy for one's self esteem, others might consider such pride insolence, or a negative trait.

The error of judgment "through which the fortunes of the [[hero]] of a [[tragedy]] are reversed."<ref name="Holman">p. 217</ref> "Aristotle attributes [[hamartia]] (a tragic flaw or shortcoming) to the tragic [[hero]]" (Barnett-Berman-Burto 112). This "tragic [[hero]] ought to be a man whose misfortune comes to him, not through vice or depravity, but by some error" (Cudden 301). Most tragedies end in the downfall of the [[hero]] due to his ''hubris''. In the most famous examples, the Greek tragedies, a man who is overly confident or ambitious offends the gods. Therefore, they torture him with unfortunate events that eventually lead to his demise. According to Holman, ''hubris'' is what "leads the [[protagonist]] to break a moral law or ignore a divine warning with calamitous results" (226). For example, in Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', Macbeth takes matters into his own hands after the first of the witches' three prophecies comes true. With the strong urging of his wife, he breaks a moral law when he decides to murder King Duncan in his quest to attain the crown. Little does he know, he is starting the chain of events, revealing his transition from good to evil, that ultimately leads to his downfall. In the case of "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, the man, believed to be a chechaquo, ignores the advice of others, including the "old-timer at Sulfur Creek," and relies on himself to reach a Yukon camp following a less-traveled path in temperatures significantly below freezing. At the story's end, the man dies as a result of his ignorance and his ''hubris''.

==References==
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==Works Cited==
*Baldick, Chris. from ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. 260 p. [http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=R00792748&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1139527324_19169&trailId=108B6A61A91&area=ref&forward=critref_ft]
*Barnett,Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. ''A Dictionairy of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms''. 2nd ed. Little, Brown and Company(Inc.) 1971.
*Cuddon, J. A. ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Revised ed. Penguin Books, 1979.
*Fowler,Roger ed.''A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms''. Rouletage & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1973.
*Harmon, William and C. Hugh Holman.'' A Handbook to Literature''. 9th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003.
*Holman, C. Hugh. ''A Handbook to Literature''. Ed. Addison Hibbard and William F. Thrall. Revised ed. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1960.

==External Reading==
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris definition of hubris
*http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hubris definition of hubris

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Talk:WritDM Spring 2013 Proposal

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Drgrlucas: Created page with "A very good start. I'm not sure about your focus — in that it doesn't seem focused enough. In other words: it might be too much. When I suggested that you take on the Compo..."

A very good start.

I'm not sure about your focus — in that it doesn't seem focused enough. In other words: it might be too much. When I suggested that you take on the Composition FAQ or Literary Terms, I was trying to suggest a project that would not be too overwhelming. Here, I'm not sure if you intend to write a guidebook or a reference manual or something in between.

Please see [http://litmuse.net/assignment/discussion/writdm/writdm-wiki-project-spring-2013 the instructions again]. I ask for each individual to have a single entry. This proposal looks like each is responsible for more than that. Why take on extra work?

For the small group: why not just have a more complex term that you work on together? Again, your proposal does not make it clear (or overcomplicates?) what you intend to do for this requirement.

Like I said: a good start, but I think you need to revise and refocus just a bit.

-- [[User:Drgrlucas|Drgrlucas]] ([[User talk:Drgrlucas|talk]]) 08:13, 16 March 2013 (EDT)

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Allegory

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[[File:Allegory-rescanned4a.jpg|thumb|Allegory of Knowledge]]

The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means<ref>Quinn, p. 31</ref>. Traditional allegory is a narrative with at least two levels of meaning; the first is a surface story line, a complete, coherent, but basic [[plot]]. Underlying this plot is a second, deeper level of meaning, which may be religious, moral, political, personal, or [[satire|satiric]]<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref>. Allegory attempts to create interest both in the primary story with its [[character|characters]], events, and [[setting]], and in the ideas and significance the story conveys. To this end, [[personification]] is a common device in allegory; characters and places are often named after qualities or ideas the author wishes to represent<ref>Beckson, p. 10</ref>. The characters, settings, and events can be fictitious or historical, but they are used to represent meanings independent of the action in the primary or “surface” story. Allegories do not need to be entire narratives, and non-allegorical narratives can contain allegorical characters or elements. Some critics consider allegory to be extended [[metaphor]], which says one thing but means another<ref>Quinn, p.32</ref>.

It is important to note the difference between allegory and [[symbolism]]. Both attempt to suggest other levels of meaning by presenting abstract ideas through concrete images, but allegory makes a structure of ideas the controlling influence in the work. A symbol carries a natural relationship to the events of the story; in allegory, the surface story is often a thinly disguised courier for the secondary meaning<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref><ref>Quinn, p.31</ref>.

Allegory is still used as a narrative device in literature today, in drama, poetry, prose, and even comics (Gary Trudeau’s ''Doonesbury'', for example). Allegory was most prominent in the Middle Ages, with dream vision and the morality play; other types of allegory common in history are the [[fable]], the [[parable]], and the [[exemplum]].

== External Links ==

* [http://grlucas.net/1999/12/23/allegory/ Allegory]
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html Allegory] from [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html Literary Terms].

== Notes ==
<references />

== References ==

* Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. ''Literary Terms: A Dictionary''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York, 1989.
* Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. ''The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms''. Bedford Books; Boston, 1997.
* Quinn, Edward. ''A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms''. Facts on File, Inc; New York, 1999.

[[Category:Literary Terms]]

Allegory

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[[File:Allegory-rescanned4a.jpg|thumb|Allegory of Knowledge]]

The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means<ref>Quinn, p. 31</ref>. Traditional allegory is a narrative with at least two levels of meaning; the first is a surface story line, a complete, coherent, but basic plot. Underlying this plot is a second, deeper level of meaning, which may be religious, moral, political, personal, or satiric<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref>. Allegory attempts to create interest both in the primary story with its characters, events, and setting, and in the ideas and significance the story conveys. To this end, personification is a common device in allegory; characters and places are often named after qualities or ideas the author wishes to represent<ref>Beckson, p. 10</ref>. The characters, settings, and events can be fictitious or historical, but they are used to represent meanings independent of the action in the primary or “surface” story. Allegories do not need to be entire narratives, and non-allegorical narratives can contain allegorical characters or elements. Some critics consider allegory to be extended metaphor, which says one thing but means another<ref>Quinn, p.32</ref>.

It is important to note the difference between allegory and symbolism. Both attempt to suggest other levels of meaning by presenting abstract ideas through concrete images, but allegory makes a structure of ideas the controlling influence in the work. A symbol carries a natural relationship to the events of the story; in allegory, the surface story is often a thinly disguised courier for the secondary meaning<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref><ref>Quinn, p.31</ref>.

Allegory is still used as a narrative device in literature today, in drama, poetry, prose, and even comics (Gary Trudeau’s ''Doonesbury'', for example). Allegory was most prominent in the Middle Ages, with dream vision and the morality play; other types of allegory common in history are the fable, the parable, and the exemplum.

== External Links ==

* [http://grlucas.net/1999/12/23/allegory/ Allegory]
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html Allegory] from [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html Literary Terms].

== Notes ==
<references />

== References ==

* Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. ''Literary Terms: A Dictionary''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York, 1989.
* Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. ''The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms''. Bedford Books; Boston, 1997.
* Quinn, Edward. ''A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms''. Facts on File, Inc; New York, 1999.

[[Category:Literary Terms]]

Allegory

2012-11-14T16:07:13Z

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[[File:Allegory-rescanned4a.jpg|thumb|Allegory of Knowledge]]

The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means<ref>Quinn, p. 31</ref>. Traditional allegory is a narrative with at least two levels of meaning; the first is a surface story line, a complete, coherent, but basic plot. Underlying this plot is a second, deeper level of meaning, which may be religious, moral, political, personal, or satiric<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref>. Allegory attempts to create interest both in the primary story with its characters, events, and setting, and in the ideas and significance the story conveys. To this end, personification is a common device in allegory; characters and places are often named after qualities or ideas the author wishes to represent<ref>Beckson, p. 10</ref>. The characters, settings, and events can be fictitious or historical, but they are used to represent meanings independent of the action in the primary or “surface” story. Allegories do not need to be entire narratives, and non-allegorical narratives can contain allegorical characters or elements. Some critics consider allegory to be extended metaphor, which says one thing but means another<ref>Quinn, p.32</ref>.

It is important to note the difference between allegory and symbolism. Both attempt to suggest other levels of meaning by presenting abstract ideas through concrete images, but allegory makes a structure of ideas the controlling influence in the work. A symbol carries a natural relationship to the events of the story; in allegory, the surface story is often a thinly disguised courier for the secondary meaning<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref><ref>Quinn, p.31</ref>.

Allegory is still used as a narrative device in literature today, in drama, poetry, prose, and even comics (Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury, for example). Allegory was most prominent in the Middle Ages, with dream vision and the morality play; other types of allegory common in history are the fable, the parable, and the exemplum.

== External Links ==

* [http://grlucas.net/1999/12/23/allegory/ Allegory]
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html Allegory] from [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html Literary Terms].

== Notes ==
<references />

== References ==

* Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. Literary Terms: A Dictionary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York, 1989.
* Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Bedford Books; Boston, 1997.
* Quinn, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Facts on File, Inc; New York, 1999.

[[Category:Literary Terms]]

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Allegory of Knowledge

Allegory

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The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means<ref>Quinn, p. 31</ref>. Traditional allegory is a narrative with at least two levels of meaning; the first is a surface story line, a complete, coherent, but basic plot. Underlying this plot is a second, deeper level of meaning, which may be religious, moral, political, personal, or satiric<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref>. Allegory attempts to create interest both in the primary story with its characters, events, and setting, and in the ideas and significance the story conveys. To this end, personification is a common device in allegory; characters and places are often named after qualities or ideas the author wishes to represent<ref>Beckson, p. 10</ref>. The characters, settings, and events can be fictitious or historical, but they are used to represent meanings independent of the action in the primary or “surface” story. Allegories do not need to be entire narratives, and non-allegorical narratives can contain allegorical characters or elements. Some critics consider allegory to be extended metaphor, which says one thing but means another<ref>Quinn, p.32</ref>.

It is important to note the difference between allegory and symbolism. Both attempt to suggest other levels of meaning by presenting abstract ideas through concrete images, but allegory makes a structure of ideas the controlling influence in the work. A symbol carries a natural relationship to the events of the story; in allegory, the surface story is often a thinly disguised courier for the secondary meaning<ref>Murfin, p. 21</ref><ref>Quinn, p.31</ref>.

Allegory is still used as a narrative device in literature today, in drama, poetry, prose, and even comics (Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury, for example). Allegory was most prominent in the Middle Ages, with dream vision and the morality play; other types of allegory common in history are the fable, the parable, and the exemplum.

== External Links ==

* [http://grlucas.net/1999/12/23/allegory/ Allegory]
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html Allegory] from [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html Literary Terms].

== Notes ==
<references />

== References ==

* Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. Literary Terms: A Dictionary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York, 1989.
* Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Bedford Books; Boston, 1997.
* Quinn, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Facts on File, Inc; New York, 1999.

[[Category:Literary Terms]]

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