Thomas C.Foster

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

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  • Tarlan Asadlihas quoted7 years ago
    No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ’tis enough, ’twill serve
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    In other words, every chapter in this book goes out the window when irony comes in the door.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    irony works because the audience understands something that eludes one or more of the characters.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    What irony chiefly involves, then, is a deflection from expectation.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    The signified’s meaning stands opposed to what we expect.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    however, is placed in a context where its conventional associations are upended
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    The signifier is stable.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    In each case, the sign carries with it a customary meaning, but that doesn’t guarantee it will deliver that received meaning.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    It’s a sign that’s used in a way other than the intended one. So are the others. What is a sign? It’s something that signifies a message. The thing that’s doing the signifying, call it the signifier, that’s stable. The message, on the other hand, the thing being signified (and we’ll call that the signified), that’s up for grabs. The signifier, in other words, while being fairly stable itself, doesn’t have to be used in the planned way. Its meaning can be deflected from the expected meaning.
  • Maureen -has quoted4 years ago
    You can pretty much do this with anything.
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