confessionalism
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- noun
- /kənˈfɛʃənəlɪzəm/
- Literature
- "But, as I see it, once the means of confessionalism were learned by heart, the presence vanished from confessional poems.
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Watch on YouTubeSo confessionalism or two truths and a lie.
- So confessionalism or two truths and a lie.
Examples
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The author's use of confessionalism allowed readers to deeply connect with her personal struggles and triumphs.
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I want now to consider some of Bidart's stylistic innovations in light of his desire to write autobiographical lyric so soon after one of its stylistic embodiments, confessionalism, had ossified into fashion.
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"Confessionalism at its best was a new means of establishing what in the course of this essay I have called "presence."
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When, in the last parts of "The Second Hour of the Night," the "I" reemerges, it does so with many of the ambitions and strategies attributed to confessionalism.
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Among the history of styles is one called "confessionalism"; but the act of confessing in poetry had, of course, a long and varied genealogy before M. L. Rosenthal coined the term to apply to a species of post-World War II American poetry.
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In her novel, the character's confessionalism revealed hidden truths about her past that impacted her relationships.
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His artwork embodies confessionalism as it expresses his innermost emotions and personal stories through vivid imagery.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
confessionalism = confessional (semi-transparent) = confess + ional + ism
The base 'confessional' is clear, but the extension to a literary or artistic style is specialized.
Etymology
Confessionalism comes from confession, which means 'telling private feelings or admitting personal faults'. A helpful image is someone speaking in a confessional and telling secrets, so in art or therapy confessionalism is a style where people openly share their personal feelings.