NOTE-TAKING & GAP-FILLING
Topic: Meaning in Literature
In reading literary works, we are concerned with the “meaning” of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue.
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There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature.
I. Meaning is what is intended by (1) __________.
Apart from reading an author’s working in question, readers need to
1) read (2) __________ by the same author;
2) get familiar with (3) __________ at the time;
3) get to know cultural values and symbols of the time.
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II. Meaning exists “in” the text itself.
1) some people’s view: meaning is produced by the formal properties of the text like (4) __________, etc.
2) speaker’s view: meaning is created by both conventions of meaning and (5) __________.
Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods & different (6) __________ perspectives could lead to different interpretations of meaning in context.
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III. Meaning is created by (7) __________.
1) meaning is (8) __________;
2) meaning is contextual;
3) meaning requires (9) __________;
— practicing competency in reading
— practicing other competencies
— background research in (10) __________, etc.
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