Sunday, May 2, 2010

moretti

Moretti notes
  • studies canon

core and periphery

  • ex: novel: style is core (western influence), content is periphery (foreign)
  • Nation/state developed the same time in europe.

one unequal (english language vs other laguages, European western influences on the east)

  • Dominance of english literature leads to a decrease of other languages

Divsion of labor (Marxist term)= Capital

  • Relations of power unevenly distributed in literature terms = symbolic Capital

Tree VS. Wave

  • Tree is symbol for diversuty. Branches in tree grow out representing unity.
  • Wave symbol for assimilation. Waves vertake other things. (larger power)

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