According to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sciolist, the word sciolist refers to "an amateur who engages in an an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge."
Also, I found from http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-sci1.htm that the word comes from verb scire, to know. "The immediate Latin original was the diminutive sciolus, a person who had only a smattering of knowledge. The related noun is sciolism, the practice of giving one’s opinions on subjects of which one has only superficial knowledge." When I came across the word sciolist in the text, I had no idea what it meant. If it is true that Zakes Mda is the sciolist in Cion, his appearance in the novel is like that of a storyteller, but not in a good way. I don't really like that he is referred to as the sciolist, it just makes me more confused about what is going on in Cion.
I would like to watch a movie about magical realism and/or meta fiction. I think it would help us all further grasp these concepts and make our final papers a whole lot easier to write. Cion slightly confuses me, so I think watching something relating to Cion would definitely be helpful.
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