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Affective Fallacy (Impressionism) : Fallacy (Misleading Notions) Notes

This document outlines various fallacies that can occur when analyzing and interpreting plays: 1) Affective Fallacy leads to an emotional rather than analytical perspective by focusing on the end result rather than plot points. 2) Relativism treats the world of the play as separate from society and fails to see connections between elements. 3) Faulty Generalization and Reductiveness oversimplify plays by reducing them to broad themes or a single idea without considering contradictory evidence. 4) Biographical and Genetic Fallacies inappropriately assume connections between the play and the author's life or historical time period without evidence.

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Affective Fallacy (Impressionism) : Fallacy (Misleading Notions) Notes

This document outlines various fallacies that can occur when analyzing and interpreting plays: 1) Affective Fallacy leads to an emotional rather than analytical perspective by focusing on the end result rather than plot points. 2) Relativism treats the world of the play as separate from society and fails to see connections between elements. 3) Faulty Generalization and Reductiveness oversimplify plays by reducing them to broad themes or a single idea without considering contradictory evidence. 4) Biographical and Genetic Fallacies inappropriately assume connections between the play and the author's life or historical time period without evidence.

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Fallacy (Misleading Notions) Notes:

- Affective Fallacy (Impressionism)


• confusion between play and results
• looking at end result instead of plot points
• emotional detachment
• play is not about you
- Relativist
• Only the world in the play, not society
• Nothing is relative to anything else
- Faulty Generalization
• all/never
• broad generalizations
• reduce to “just” something
• there will be contradictory evidence.
- Reductiveness
• reduce play to one theme
• Difference btwn FG: FG no evidence and smaller scale, R has evidence and tackles
larger concepts

- Genetic
• fallacy of origins
• reduce to historical sources
• don’t assume there’s connection between play and time-period
• work isn’t necessarily reflection of historical period
- Half-Truth
• same explanation for everything w/ negative implications
• discredits author, play, characters
- Frigidity
• not having sympathy for characters
• not humanizing play
• not treating them as real
- Imitative
• assuming style of play is a deliberate choice to explain topics of the play
- Intentional
• find author’s intentions? nope.
• does nothing for you as artist
• play as a whole is more important
- Biographical
• belief that events in the play were inspired by an event in the author’s life
• YOU WILL KNOW IF A PLAY IS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SO DON’T ASSUME IT IS
• plays are fiction
- Literal-Mindedness
• plays don’t necessarily reflect real life
• authors create a world for reader/audience
• suspend disbelief
- Secondhand thinking
• relying too much on other’s opinions
• think for yourself, bitch
- Stage Directions
• every. word. is. important. to. performers. don’t. cross. out. stage. directions. thank.
you.
• authors have final approval of published scripts
• used as evidence, nothing more than that.

*PAPER REMINDERS*
-1st person
-recognize fallacies, describe fallacy, describe experience, work through it?
-more journal-y than a formal essay
-double spaced, 1 inch margin, page numbers (Gonzalez 2), 12 pt font
-STAPLED!!
-Also, send emailed copy. Don’t submit on blackboard. Don’t share on Google Docs.
-understanding of fallacies and experiencing them relevant to oedipus, what discovery
happened because of that.

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