Eagleton, Terry - How to Read Literature
N a r r a t i v e 1 1 1 yet they refuse to give up on it all the same, and it is this refusal that keeps storytelling in busines ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 1 2 version of reality. There is no ‘complete’ account possible of a tiny stain on one’s ...
N a r r a t i v e 1 1 3 they usually supply us with a lot of detail that really is pretty random. They might tell us that a brai ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 1 4 As Tristram scribbles busily away, the whole novel gradually comes apart in his hand ...
N a r r a t i v e 1 1 5 What, finally, of the difference between narrative and plot? One way to distinguish between the two is t ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 1 6 them the signs of some sinisterly concealed narrative. Othello does this with Desdem ...
C H A P T E R 4 Interpretation One of the things we mean by calling a piece of writing ‘literary’ is that it is not tied to a sp ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 1 8 What we call works of literature differ in this way from roadsigns and bus tickets. ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 1 9 the situation narrows down the range of possible meanings to a manageable few. When I see an e ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 2 0 for example.) And this makes the business of determining a literary work’s meaning r ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 2 1 This, in fact, is one thing we mean by the word ‘fiction’. Fiction does not primarily mean a p ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 2 2 be in a medical textbook, or for any practical purpose. They are used to help build ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 2 3 down to the last detail. Yet the stories would still not be about him. They would still be fic ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 2 4 * Some works of literature are more resistant to interpretation than others. As ci ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 2 5 twists and turns of the syntax in a struggle to unpack the author’s meaning. James feels the n ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 2 6 Language like this lacks all thickness and texture. It is used purely as an instrume ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 2 7 between knee and ankle stood an excellent chance of being elected king. In which case, we woul ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 2 8 capture the immediacy of human experience, or allow us a glimpse of absolute truth? ...
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 2 9 This, to be sure, is not the most subtle piece of literature ever penned. There have been more ...
H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 3 0 mannered; he is also remarkably obtuse. He does not see that insulting the sheep to ...
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