单词 | serialism |
释义 | serialismn. 1. The writing or publication of a story, drama, etc., in serial form; serialization (see serialization n. 2.). Now rare.In quot. 1847: serialized writing of this type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > a publication > [noun] > a serial or part publication serial1834 part1842 serialism1847 part-work1969 1847 Jrnl. Belles Lettres 1 May 341/1 A liberal supply of journalism and serialism was announced for the use of the subscribers. 1876 Literary World May 182/2 Serialism..has tended to make literature superficial. 1901 Times-Democrat (Lima, Ohio) 11 Oct. 8/3 The executive committee presented a report..naming official reporters, their report and considered serialism. 1928 N.Y. Times 11 Mar. iii. 4/5 On the first day of serialism he smears most of his front page with large italics heralding his borrowed marvel [sc. Defoe's ‘Robinson Crusoe’]. 2. The fact or quality of occurring in or taking the form of a series (in various senses); seriality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > action or fact of forming a series seriousnessc1487 seriality1855 serialization1856 seriation1859 serialism1897 1897 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 9 321 In the tarsus we find no evidence to support the theory of primitive serialism. Only in Euprotogonia..do we find an approximately serial tarsus. 1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 30 104 The astragalar trochlea is no more keeled than in periptychids, nor is there any indication of reduction in the lunar-unciform facet or of progressive serialism elsewhere. 1999 P. Cosgrove Impartial Stranger iii. 170 In the notes the discontinuity of the unit queries and obstructs the serialism of the narrative. 3. a. A theory of the nature of time developed by the parapsychologist John William Dunne (1875–1949) to account for the supposed phenomenon of precognition, esp. in dreams; belief in or advocacy of this theory. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > theories of the nature of time serialism1927 1927 J. W. Dunne Exper. with Time xxvi. 206 Serialism as a theory of the Universe. 1934 Discovery Aug. 239/1 His theory that in dreams the dreamer appears sometimes to move out of one dimension of time into another. Serialism, as Mr. Dunne terms his main principle, is a fascinating idea. 1995 K. Hopper Flann O'Brien vi. 242 Joyce, Borges, and William Burroughs all admit that Dunne's serialism was an influence in their work. 2001 G. Ashe Encycl. Prophecy 70/1 Dunne developed a theory of his own... At the heart of it is a principle called serialism. b. More generally: a belief or assumption that every process takes place in a regular succession. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > belief that events happen in regular succession serialism1943 1943 C. S. Lewis Abolition of Man iii. 39 Such a reply springs from the fatal serialism of the modern imagination—the image of infinite unilinear progression which so haunts our minds... We tend to think of every process as if it must be like the numeral series. 4. Music. The practice or principles of serial composition (see serial adj. 8); the fact or quality of conforming to these principles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > style by tonal organization > specific enharmonic1603 chromaticism1879 atonality1922 polytonality1923 bitonality1927 diatonism1927 atonalism1928 quarter-tonality1930 diatonicism1931 pentatonism1931 tritonality1931 pandiatonicism1937 microtonality1946 pantonality1946 dodecaphonism1951 dodecaphony1952 serialism1955 pentatonicism1958 minimalism1981 tonalism1990 1955 Proc. Royal Music Assoc. 81st Sess. 59 Schoenberg's serialism was largely motival in origin and purpose. 1967 Spectator 18 Aug. 200/1 If we are to assume that atonality refers to the idiom characterising Schoenberg's works prior to his adoption of serialism..then Penderecki's Passion..does not come into this category. 1977 Perspectives New Music 16 143 The serialism of [Stravinsky's] Orpheus is in general closer to that of later works. 2007 Amer. Scholar Autumn 128/1 A succession of compositional styles took root—the brutal serialism of Pierre Boulez, the electronic music of Karlheinz Stockhausen [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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