ENGL 2706Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Subculture, Simultaneous Editing, Tumblr
10 Dec 2015
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The ideal of the author taking us back to the romantic period. Exalted view of literature as work of individual genius only the privileged are. Closed and self-contained work not tampering with the work; standing in awe writing of the work. The author dethroned (mass fiction) the forces of postmodernism; centralized. Originality, authenticity, coherence, and meaning = empty signals. Privileging of mass culture; blending of genres. The role of the reader coming into play. Read only reading it and not questioning things. Rereading is no longer consumption but play, roland barthes, mythologies. A form of play with the original world the story/book/show creates. Rereading as practice of children, old people, and professors and fans. Focus on what is not said the first time around filling in the blanks. Fan fiction doesn"t have to only be literature, also engaging with media. Writing that continues, interrupts, or just riffs on stories and characters other people have already written about (jamison)
