Thomas Harrison
Thomas Harrison
autonomy effect issue question reading reception topic
With the question of the effect of a poem, the topic of investigation shifts from that of textual autonomy to textual reception - to the issue of what we actually look for or find in reading a poem.
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Still the question remains of what actually speaks in a poem, if not subjectivity as historically constructed.
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In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy.
directors subjects
Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays.
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A jacket commemorating the Germans as champions of the 1990 World Cup is out of date two weeks after the event has passed.
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To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret.
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Unlike metaphor, metonymy does not try to fuse images together.