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Reading at the Time

Reading at the Time C a r o l i n e L e v i n e hat does it mean to read a w o rk o f lite rature in its o w n tim e ? It cou ld mean making m eaning by connecting the te x t to politica l, social, and intellectual debates going on around one. It could mean de lib era te ly learning to in h a b it a social p o sitio n o f a certain k in d —becom ing educated, o r avant-garde, o r g ra te fu lly sub­ servient. It could mean un consciously absorb ing social hierarchies and structures, com ing to see gender, class, and race roles as natural and inevitable. It cou ld mean internalizing cer­ tain habits and n o rm s —adopting a critical distance, or d iscip lin in g oneself, or desiring m a r­ riage as th e proper end to one's existence. It could mean having an em b od ied relatio nship w ith a specific kind o f o b je c t—a part issue o f a novel, em b edded in a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Reading at the Time

Levine, Caroline; Zemka, Sue
English Language Notes , Volume 46 (1) – Mar 1, 2008
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Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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C a r o l i n e L e v i n e hat does it mean to read a w o rk o f lite rature in its o w n tim e ? It cou ld mean making m eaning by connecting the te x t to politica l, social, and intellectual debates going on around one. It could mean de lib era te ly learning to in h a b it a social p o sitio n o f a certain k in d —becom ing educated, o r avant-garde, o r g ra te fu lly sub­ servient. It could mean un consciously absorb ing social hierarchies and structures, com ing to see gender, class, and race roles as natural and inevitable. It cou ld mean internalizing cer­ tain habits and n o rm s —adopting a critical distance, or d iscip lin in g oneself, or desiring m a r­ riage as th e proper end to one's existence. It could mean having an em b od ied relatio nship w ith a specific kind o f o b je c t—a part issue o f a novel, em b edded in a

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Published: Mar 1, 2008

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