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| archetype | the primal patterns of the collective unconscious, which Carl Jung described as "mental forms whose presence cannot be explained by anything in the individual's own life and which seem to be aboriginal, innate, and inherited shapes of the human mind" |
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| collective unconscious | according to Jung, the universal realm of the unconscious life, which contains the archetypes |
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| concrete poetry | poetry produced in the shape of ordinary, external objects |
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| improvisation | the invention of the work of art as it is being performed |
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| interior monologue | a literary device by which the stream of consciousness of a character is presented; it records the internal, emotional experience of the character on one or more levels of consciousness |
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| method acting | a modern style of theatrical performance that tries to harness childhood emotions and memories in the service of interpreting a dramatic role |
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| mobile | a sculpture constructed so that its parts move by natural or mechanical means |
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| monodrama | in music, a dramatic piece written for only one character |
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| nihilism | a viewpoint that denies objective moral truths and traditional religious and moral principles |
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| photomontage | the combination of freely juxtaposed and usually heterogeneous photographic images (see also Glossary, chapter 34, "montage") |
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| Sprechstimme (German, "speech-song") | a style of operatic recitation in which words are spoken at different pitches |
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| sublimation | the positive modification and redirection of primal urges that Freud identified as the work of the ego |