The rhetorical figure of chiasmus, as a figure of style, was named after the greek letter chi, or x, i. In classical rhetoric, chiasm is a verbal structure that presents a syntactic sequence that is then repeated in inverse order. Evaluation of the radiation dosevolume effects of optic. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. Literary terms and definitions c carsonnewman college. Blind and confused neuroophthalmology jama neurology. The result is a mirror effect as the ideas are reflected back in a passage. A chiasm also called a chiasmus is a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order. A useful definition is provided by john welch in his preface to a collection of essays that examines the uses of chiasmus in antiquity. Direct invasion of the optic nerves, chiasm, and tracts by. Pdf eye is the official journal of the royal college of ophthalmologists.
Yesterday we still thought the writer was only responding to the questions we put to ourselves, or formu. This was confirmed by mri showing involvement of the chiasm and optic tract, along with other brain lesions. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Chiasm anatomy, an xshaped structure produced by the crossing over of the fibers, with the prefix chiasm means cross examples include. Towards an automatic identification of chiasmus of words vers une. Oct 14, 2019 in grammar and rhetoric, an ellipsis is the omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader for the sentence to be understood. Schematic drawings top, surgical pictures middle, and midsagittal magnetic resonance imaging scans bottom display the 3 types of chiasm distortion.
Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order. A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in a distinctive way. Wheelers literature students, and it offers introductory survey information concerning the literature of classical china, classical rome, classical greece, the bible as literature, medieval literature, renaissance literature, and genre studies. Consequently, changes in rnfl structure, including slit or wedge defects, represent visible effects of axonal loss caused by retrograde degeneration, typically from an afferent visual pathway lesion involving the optic nerve, chiasm, or tracts. To evaluate the radiation dosevolume effects of optic nerves and chiasm by visual psychophysical, electrophysiologic tests, and optical coherence tomography in patients with locally advanc. Objective to describe a patient with a paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome and optic neuritis with circulating anticv2 antibodies and clinical improvement after excision of a small cell lung carcinoma. The narrative style of the priestly writer, anbib 50. Polysyndeton and asyndeton in demosthenes there is an example of both these figures polysyndeton and asyndeton in a passage of demosthenes. Developmental anomalies of the optic nerve are an important and growing cause of lifelong visual handicap and they are often associated with. The presence of left relative afferent pupillary defect on initial evaluation was suggestive of retinal, optic nerve, chiasm, andor tract pathology.
Paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome and optic neuritis with. A central concept in this train of thought is the chiasm, as presented by maurice merleauponty, shoshana felman, and judith butler. Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, is a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages. Purpose to describe the clinical, neuroimaging, and pathologic features of primary tumours of the optic nerve and its sheath. An example of chiastic structure would be two ideas, a and b, together with variants a and b, being presented as a,b,b,a. The rnfl, which contains the axons of the retinal ganglion cells, lacks myelin. Primary tumours of the optic nerve and its sheath eye. What kinds of literary techniques are used in the bible.
Optic chiasm distortions caused by craniopharyngiomas. The literary design of 1 samuel 11 kings 2 page 3 another important point is underscored by the repetition of matched units focusing on the disastrous sins of saul and david. Claude levistrauss, chiasmus and the ethnographic journey. In the case of intrachiasmatic cps, an extremely thin crescent deformation of the optic chiasm is visible on sagittal mri scans figure 1f, although on coronal sections, the chiasm shows a bilobed expansion filled with t1hypointense tissue, a sign termed by brodsky et al. The prospect of writing anything further about the prologue of john reminds one of the verdict quoted by w. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. A nerval chiasm, where either two nerves cross in the body midline e. Definition, usage and a list of chiasmus examples in common speech and literature. For as to naval power, and the number of forces, and revenues, and a plenty of martial preparations, and in a word, as to other things that may be esteemed the strength of a state, these are all both. Setting a 62yearold man simultaneously developed a. Examples of chiasmus can be found in the bible theyre everywhere in gods word. A concept introduced by elaine showalter in towards a feminist poetics gynocriticism refers to a kind of criticism with woman as writerproducer of textual meaning, as against woman as reader feminist critique. Gynocriticism a brief note literary theory and criticism notes. Developmental abnormalities of the optic nerve and chiasm.
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