Final Examination Review: some key terms and topics
You are responsible for all the material covered in lecture and assigned
for specific lectures. As a study aid, here are a selection of key terms
and topics from the second half of the semester. You may be asked to apply
(not just define) these concepts on the exam.
domains; principle of one, principle of two; nature/culture; discursive domains
fire as divider of domains and founder of time; mediator
language of animals: benefits/liabilities
motivated/unmotivated sign; signifier/signified
contradictory or contrary relations and their effect on perspective
the "prescribed/forbidden/not prescribed/not forbidden" square in terms of particular tales
use value/exchange value/ sign value
image (functions in a story in relation to song, desire, fear); infanticide in the folktale; cante-fable
three spheres of power; unequal power relations; subaltern
accommodation, assimilation
ethical fairy tales; active obedience; "disponibilité" or availability
intertextuality, "teller," "account," subversive retelling
voice, personae, the pros and cons of silence
prices of contracts (marital or professional) in traditional tales