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German term or phrase:
Reflexivität
English translation:
Reflexivity
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Jianming Sun
Nov 10, 2011 11:01
12 yrs ago
German term
Refelexivität
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Der Roman gibt nicht nur die Sichtweise von Giyoung wieder, sondern schildert das Geschehen auch aus der Perspektive seiner Frau, seiner Tochter und der anderen an der Handlung beteiligten Personen. Als Leser kann man sich gut in die Charaktere hineinversetzen und die Motivationen für ihr Handeln nachvollziehen, was vor allem am hohen Grad der Refelexivität liegt, die der Autor Kim Young-ha durch sie zum Ausdruck bringt. Kein Charakter wird einseitig dargesellt oder ideologisch eingefärbt, vielmehr treten sie als Menschen in Erscheinung, die letztlich alle nach dem aus ihrer Sicht richtigen Handeln streben, aber immer wieder mit den Zwängen der Realität konfrontiert werden.
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Nov 10, 2011 11:59: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
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Reflexivity
You can freely use this word.
Reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a situation that does not render both functions causes and effects.
Reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a situation that does not render both functions causes and effects.
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reflexivity, reflexiveness
Looks like a typo for reflexivität, which is literally translated as reflexivity or reflexiveness. In the context the more simple reflection would also be an option
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reflexiveness and introspection/self-immersion
before you hound me: I know that I'm adding to the original text, but I believe this is what the authour meant in the first place. Reflexiveness alone will not guarantee a full, all-dimensional presentation of a character, and as such, more often than not, it is accompanied by introspection. Afterall, (s)he's talking about the "motives for the actions of the characters". By its very definition, a motive cannot be reflexive, since it is referring to a future occurrence. introspective, yes.
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reflexivity
the ability to reflect
Example sentence:
She had a high level of reflexivity.
Reference:
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self-reflection
This is what I would have said. I'm not familiar with the book, but if we're talking about characters talking about their own emotions/motivations/thoughts, then self-reflection is what I'd use.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_self-reflection
http://k6educators.about.com/od/professionaldevelopment/a/self_reflection.htm
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relationships
Regarding the content of the text, it is not necessary to use an exact equivalent to Refelexivität. The author wants to show how the motivations and actions of the characters are expressed by their mutual relationships.
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