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Advanced Arts Analysis, Literary Criticism & Aesthetic Debates

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Termologia para movimentos vanguardistas, subtexto narrativo, influências históricas e escolhas artísticas.

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Termologia para movimentos vanguardistas, subtexto narrativo, influências históricas e escolhas artísticas.

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The vocabulary of artistic genres and cultural reviews was introduced in artistic genres, cultural reviews & creative expressions. This lesson provides the specialised lexicon of literary and artistic criticism, including the names of major aesthetic movements and the terms used to analyse narrative structure. The argumentative connectors certes and néanmoins, presented in advanced argumentative connectors, are particularly useful when formulating a balanced critique.

Courants e movimentos artísticos

França	English
le classicisme	classicism
le romantisme	romanticism
le réalisme	realism
le surréalisme	surrealism
l’impressionnisme (m)	impressionism
l’avant‑garde (f)	avant‑garde
l’art contemporain (m)	contemporary art
le postmodernisme	postmodernism

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le sous‑texte	subtext
la trame narrative	narrative thread
le point de vue narratif	narrative point of view
le protagoniste / l’antagoniste	protagonist / antagonist
l’intrigue (f)	plot
le dénouement	dénouement / resolution
la symbolique	symbolism (set of symbols)
la métaphore filée	extended metaphor
l’esthétique (f)	aesthetic

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The following expressions are useful when writing a critique:
- L’œuvre s’inscrit dans la tradition du… (The work belongs to the tradition of…)
- L’auteur explore le thème de… (The author explores the theme of…)
- La composition est maîtrisée / déséquilibrée.
- Le traitement du temps est non linéaire.
- Certes, la photographie est techniquement parfaite. Néanmoins, elle manque d’émotion.

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Ce tableau, influencé par le surréalisme, joue sur le sous‑texte et la symbolique.
Os termos surréalisme, sous‐texte e symbolique pertencem ao léxico crítico.
Certes, le roman est un classique du romantisme. Néanmoins, sa trame narrative reste très actuelle.
The pair certes + néanmoins structures the concession and the counter‑argument.