EN 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Lyn Hejinian, Neologism

• School: York University
• Department: English
• Course: EN 2100
• Professor: Andy Weaver

Document Summary

Words designed to be used once only; words that intentionally refuse the act of signification (not meaningless, but do not have a specific meaning, or may have too many possible meanings) The signifier is the material aspect of signification. David melnick, pcoet is an example of nonce; several words can be drawn from the title, but there is not one specific signification. How language actively constructs expression and our view of the world. Focusing on language as how we interact rather than a tool that we control. Language is reactive and is actively shaping the way that we understand and interact with the world. The reader becomes the co-producer of meaning; language is between reader and page. There is no fixed meaning to a language text; every meaning is different, just as every reader is different. Focus on the materiality of language as language as an object rather than as a transparent signifier.