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REFLECTAPHOR [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-01-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Computer Graphics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- reflectaphor 1, record 1, English, reflectaphor
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A reflectaphor is any creative device(including, in literature, such devices as irony, metaphor, simile, pun, paradox, synecdoche(that relies for its effect on creating in the mind of its audience an unresolvable tension between the similarities and differences of its terms. In other words, a reflectaphor excites a state of intense wondering, doubt, and uncertainty-a sense of nuance. 1, record 1, English, - reflectaphor
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A reflectaphor... is like a fractal. Fractals... are both order and chaos. They have self-similarity at different scales, but this self-similarity is not self-sameness and is unpredictable and random. The tension between similarities and differences in reflectaphors also creates for us a sense of unpredictability and randomness in the creative work, a sense that what we’re experiencing is organic, is both familiar and unknown. 1, record 1, English, - reflectaphor
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Infographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- réflectaphore
1, record 1, French, r%C3%A9flectaphore
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une réflectaphore est tout moyen créatif (y compris, en littérature, des moyens tels que l'ironie, la métaphore, la comparaison, le calembour, le paradoxe, la synecdoque) qui fonde son effet sur la création, dans l'esprit du public, d'une tension insoluble entre les similitudes et les différences de ses éléments. Autrement dit, une réflectaphore provoque un état d'intense étonnement, de doute et d'incertitude - une impression de nuance. 1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9flectaphore
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une réflectaphore [...] ressemble à une fractale. Les fractales [...] sont à la fois ordre et chaos. Elles dévoilent à chaque échelle une auto-similarité et non une auto-uniformité, car cette auto-similarité est imprévisible et aléatoire. La réflectaphore crée également chez nous un sentiment d'imprévisibilité et de stochasticité dans le travail créatif, un sentiment que ce que nous vivons est organique, à la fois familier et inconnu. 1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9flectaphore
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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