Ohai. I'll just leave this hurr.
Nov 15, 2010 5:14:54 GMT -8
Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2010 5:14:54 GMT -8
Copypasta from the past, FTW!
Archetype: The original pattern from which copies are made.
In printing terminology, this would be the mold, usually made of paper pulp, of each letter. It is the original version of its kind.
(Yeah, so?)
Stereotype: A simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group. Or, more simply, a widespread idea concerning a particular topic.
In printing terminology, this is the metal plate formed by using the aforementioned archetype mold, which is then used on the press to print on paper.
(Where is he going with this?)
Thus, a stereotype is literally a copy (usually multiple so as to use the same letter repeatedly on the same page) of an archetype, or an idea that's been copied based upon the original of a concept. Stereotypes may vary from person to person, as they each would copy from the archetype with a particular flair of their own design.
(What of it?)
When a particular stereotype is used for print, it would make the exact same thing, no matter how many times it presses against the paper. Thus, we come to the crux.
(FINALLY!)
Cliché: a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
Printer's jargon is where this originated from as an onomatopoeia of the sound made when the stereotype plate imprinted on the paper. Within printing, this has shifted to refer to the stereotype plate itself. Within literature, this has come to refer to what is being imprinted. Thus, a cliché occurs when the same stereotype is used multiple times, thus gaining familiarity and losing its original impact (hackneyed and trite, respectively).
..but you cannot say that a plot, character development, use of color, or musical expression is cliché, and cliché is not synonymous with "trite" and/or "hackneyed."
(WTF? Why not?)
..grammatically, you would use, "clichéd," as that is the proper adjective form of the word. "Clichéd" is synonymous with "trite" and/or "hackneyed."
"Cliché" is a noun, particularly in the literary sense referring to a stereotype that has been used so much as to become trite and/or hackneyed. Thus it has gained a negative connotation that clichés must be avoided at all cost. This is not so.
(OMGWTFBBQ!)
Rather, a cliché can be used almost as if it were an archetype, in and of itself. A writer can take that which is clichéd, add his/her own personal flair, and generate his/her own stereotype for use within his/her writing. This is creativity. Many think that using an idea that's already been done automatically makes what's being written now clichéd. This is only so if the writer does not add his/her own personal flair to the idea that's already been done, and also only if this same idea that's already been done has been done many times already.
(Just shut up already!)
In closing..
(At last!)
...don't avoid a cliché, and don't discard a work simply because there is a cliché present. Simply locate the present cliché and add your own personal flair.
As well, don't use "cliché" as a derogatory term in order to get someone to avoid writing a project. You never know what personal imprint they might make upon the idea if they simply use creativity.
Archetype: The original pattern from which copies are made.
In printing terminology, this would be the mold, usually made of paper pulp, of each letter. It is the original version of its kind.
(Yeah, so?)
Stereotype: A simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group. Or, more simply, a widespread idea concerning a particular topic.
In printing terminology, this is the metal plate formed by using the aforementioned archetype mold, which is then used on the press to print on paper.
(Where is he going with this?)
Thus, a stereotype is literally a copy (usually multiple so as to use the same letter repeatedly on the same page) of an archetype, or an idea that's been copied based upon the original of a concept. Stereotypes may vary from person to person, as they each would copy from the archetype with a particular flair of their own design.
(What of it?)
When a particular stereotype is used for print, it would make the exact same thing, no matter how many times it presses against the paper. Thus, we come to the crux.
(FINALLY!)
Cliché: a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
Printer's jargon is where this originated from as an onomatopoeia of the sound made when the stereotype plate imprinted on the paper. Within printing, this has shifted to refer to the stereotype plate itself. Within literature, this has come to refer to what is being imprinted. Thus, a cliché occurs when the same stereotype is used multiple times, thus gaining familiarity and losing its original impact (hackneyed and trite, respectively).
..but you cannot say that a plot, character development, use of color, or musical expression is cliché, and cliché is not synonymous with "trite" and/or "hackneyed."
(WTF? Why not?)
..grammatically, you would use, "clichéd," as that is the proper adjective form of the word. "Clichéd" is synonymous with "trite" and/or "hackneyed."
"Cliché" is a noun, particularly in the literary sense referring to a stereotype that has been used so much as to become trite and/or hackneyed. Thus it has gained a negative connotation that clichés must be avoided at all cost. This is not so.
(OMGWTFBBQ!)
Rather, a cliché can be used almost as if it were an archetype, in and of itself. A writer can take that which is clichéd, add his/her own personal flair, and generate his/her own stereotype for use within his/her writing. This is creativity. Many think that using an idea that's already been done automatically makes what's being written now clichéd. This is only so if the writer does not add his/her own personal flair to the idea that's already been done, and also only if this same idea that's already been done has been done many times already.
(Just shut up already!)
In closing..
(At last!)
...don't avoid a cliché, and don't discard a work simply because there is a cliché present. Simply locate the present cliché and add your own personal flair.
As well, don't use "cliché" as a derogatory term in order to get someone to avoid writing a project. You never know what personal imprint they might make upon the idea if they simply use creativity.
