Tag: Literary Aesthetics
Beauty, aesthetic judgment, style, perception and verbal art in English.
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English as Art | When One Sense Borrows Another — Synesthesia, Synaesthetic Metaphor, Cross-Sensory Language, Sensory Transfer and the Art of Perception | Vol.111
A deep study of literary synesthesia as English art: how writers move meaning across sight, sound, touch, taste and smell, how synaesthetic metaphor differs from neurological synaesthesia, and how cross-sensory language can make perception more precise rather than merely decorative.
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English as Art | The Paragraph Decides When a Thought Has Become Enough — Paragraphing, Topic Sentences, Coherence, Development, White Space, Pace and the Art of Units of Thought | Vol.106
A deep study of paragraphing as an English art form: how topic sentences, coherence, development, paragraph length, transitions, white space, rhythm, pacing and breaks turn sentences into units of thought.
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English as Art | The Word That Opens Two Doors at Once — Pun, Paronomasia, Homophony, Homonymy, Polysemy, Double Entendre and the Art of Wordplay | Vol.105
A deep study of punning as English art: how one sound, spelling or phrase can activate multiple meanings at once, and how writers use ambiguity, homophony, polysemy, paronomasia, double entendre and lexical timing to create wit, pressure, memory and insight.
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English as Art | The Sentence With Pieces Missing — Sentence Fragments, Minor Sentences, Verbless Clauses, Incomplete Sentences, Imperatives and the Art of Deliberate Incompleteness | Vol.110
A deep study of sentence fragments as an English art form: how minor sentences, verbless clauses, incomplete sentences, fragments, imperatives, elliptical units and deliberate incompleteness create emphasis, pacing, voice, tension, intimacy and polished prose.
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English as Art | Why One Sentence Feels Beautiful — Aesthetic Judgment, Literary Style, Processing Fluency, Difficulty, Form, Surprise and the Art of Verbal Beauty | Vol.098
A longform guide to literary aesthetics: why prose and poetry can feel beautiful, elegant, moving, vivid or difficult, and how readers can turn taste into evidence-based aesthetic judgment without reducing art to a formula.