Catttt Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Literal-minded
1. Does "literal-minded" mean "textual minded and having minds based on texts"??
2. Does "its" refer to "psychoanalysis", "lexicon", or "psyche"?
Context:
The Surrealists were more literal-minded, using psychoanalysis as a lexicon that provides access to the codes and signifiers of the psyche as long as one is versed in its narratives. As Hiller says, Surrealist painting tended to employ a ‘rebus-like homage to Freud’s equation of dream imagery with wordplay’.
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catttt 1. Does "literal-minded" mean "textual minded and having minds based on texts"?? No.
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catttt1. Does "literal-minded" mean "textual minded and having minds based on texts"??
No. It means the opposite of abstract thinking, oddly enough.
catttt2. Does "its" refer to "psychoanalysis", "lexicon", or "psyche"?
psychoanalysis
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