Deviant
1. Does "deviant" in the following context simply mean "different"?
2. Does "temporality" here mean "being based on moments"?
3. Does "wherein" refer to "dreams and fantasies"?
Context:
For Surrealists such as Ernst, the technique of collage itself was viewed as a material analogy to the processes of displacement and condensation of the dream-work, collage being seen as a deviant pictorial language that emulated the temporality of dreams and fantasies wherein‘past, present, and future are strung together on the thread of a wish that runs through them’.
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catttt 1. Does "deviant" in the following context simply mean "different"? Not simply.
- catttt 1.
- Does "deviant" in the following context simply mean "different"?
- Not simply.
- There is some connotation of wickedness.
- catttt 2.
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catttt1. Does "deviant" in the following context simply mean "different"?
Not simply. There is some connotation of wickedness.
catttt2. Does "temporality" here mean "being based on moments"?
No. It merely means "aspect having to do with time".
catttt3. Does "wherein" refer to "dreams and
0
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