Good morning, Girls,
apologies,
for being,
a little bit,
absent,
this week,
it’s been a tough one,
but,
nothing,
I can’t handle:-)
The election,
the rainy weather,
all conspired to,
make me a little,
sluggish,
my mood is fine,
it’s just fatigue.
Well, I got,
a decent night’s sleep,
and the fog,
is lifting,
both,
literally,
and,
metaphorically,
weather wise the fog is going away, looks like sunshine.
I have had this idea,
well ideas,
in my head,
all week,
I just haven’t been,
able to articulate,
them.
foggy brainstorms?
Some of the things,
I have been,
thinking about,
what is a late bloomer?
will the left rise,
to the occasion?
Who will win the Stanley Cup?
Why do I like American writers so much?
What is reception theory, really?
I don’t have time,
this morning,
must go,
and charm,
the pants,
off,
some customers:-)
But, I’ll,
write later,
I promise,
and it,
might even,
be,
on one of these,
subjects.
Later girls,
BB
I don’t know who will win the Stanley Cup. Given the many different contexts in which the term might be used, I realize upon reflection, that I can’t really explain “late bloomer” either. I can though help with reception theory…
What is reception theory, really?:
Hans Robert Jauss situated literary work within its historical ‘horizon’, the context of cultural meanings within which it was produced, and then explores the shifting relations between this and the changing ‘horizons’ of its historical readers. The aim of reception theory is to produce a new kind of literary history–one centered not on authors, influences and literary trends, but on literature as defined and interpreted by its various moments of historical ‘reception’. It is not that literary works themselves remain constant, while interpretations of them change: texts and literary traditions are themselves actively altered according to the various historical ‘horizons’ within which they are received.
See? One thing that you can scratch off your list of stuff that you don’t know:-)…
If you want to read about reception theory, try Jauss’ “Reception Aesthetics”, or for an easier read, try Robert Holub’s “Reception Theory A Critical Introduction”. Your best bet for finding them may be the library.
Thanks for the info:-) I think Tampa Bay might win the cup, let’s hear it for the Québec connection!!!
There’s a fairly decent movie called “Late Bloomers” with a definition that works for me. Hey, does this theory apply to films too?
I don’t know, BB, Boston’s looking strong and you gotta have a bit of faith in Vancouver if only for being the last ‘Canadian’ team in the running.
I’ve actually seen, that movie! I think I own a copy in VHS format:-) Boston!!!! are you serious??The Canucks I like, Luongo is a hometown boy and there’s my man Max Lapierre, but…I oh, I don’t know