A speculation on the nature of texts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156232 |
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| Authors | Alan Brimer (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719208529996 |
| OpenAlex | W2019533943 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay briefly rehearses the argument for thinking of texts as culture‐bound phenomena which exist only in the value‐laden act of reading. It discriminates between the material world and the knowable world, and situates writing in the first and text‐production in the second. It suggests limits to the relativity of text‐production in terms of the limited cultural contexts in which it takes place. On the basis of these ideas it goes on to consider the practice of teaching literature in South Africa today and argues against the notion that relatively uninformed readings by South African students are less valid than conventionally informed Eurocentric readings. Finally it draws conclusions about the validity of the demands university teachers of literature sometimes make on their students
Epistemology · Linguistics · Sociology · Speculation · Computer Science · Literacy, Media, and Education · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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