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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Metalepsis."”.
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The Renewal of Song: Metalepsis and the Christological Revision of Psalmody in Paul
… the trope at the heart of the Haysian project: metalepsis, or “echo”. Nor has sufficient attention been given to the reception of biblical psalmody in Paul, and to the distinctiveness of psalmic discourse in relation to metaleptic process. This study accordingly attempts a close engagement with …
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The teller in the tale : aspects of narratorial voice in the novels of George Eliot
… strategic use of personal pronouns, narrative metalepsis, invitations to the reader to superimpose his or her own "fabula" onto/into the story being read, and reflective prudential commentary that applies equally to the phenomenological world as to the world of the novel. Reader-response theory …
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The Contemporary British Novel and Conspiracy Theories: Hinges, Certainty, and Trust in Narrative Fiction
… plots disrupt hinges, functioning as a form of metalepsis that signals its illegitimacy through humour.
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Into the abyss : a study of the mise en abyme
… to the rhetorical figures named ekphrasis, metalepsis, and epanalepsis. This study concludes that, realistically, there is probably no such thing as the mise en abyme and instead, there are only rhetorical figures and metaphors of the sinister and of the abyss.
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The Transformation of a Shire: Local Negotiation in the Society for Creative Anachronism
… apart, a certain amount of playful transgressive metalepsis and edgeplay must be allowed. The negotiation of this edgeplay is debated, and the style and amount tolerated is often a distinguishing mark between groups. Some key contestations that I have focussed on where this debate occurs include …
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Exploring Johannine ethics : a rhetorical approach to moral efficacy in the Fourth Gospel narrative.
Facilitating a fresh approach to the long-standing "problem" of Johannine ethics, this project utilizes rhetorical analysis to explore the ways of thinking and living that the Fourth Gospel narrative would likely have engendered. The study addresses the scarcity of explicit ethical material in John …
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'Face Value' in the Moving Image Practices of Harun Farocki, William Kentridge, and Hito Steyerl
This thesis examines the face as a central topos in contemporary moving image art. Specifically, it investigates how the face simultaneously figures as a locus of capture and resistance in the essay films and installations of Harun Farocki, the performance and video art of Hito Steyerl, and William …