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Meaning in Literature
In reading literary works, we are concerned with the "meaning" of one literary piece or another.
However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue.
There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature.
I. Meaning is what is intended by
(1) .
Apart from reading an author’s working in question, readers need to
— read
(2) by the same author;
— get familiar with
(3) at the time;
— get to know cultural values and symbols of the time.
II. Meaning exists "in" the text itself.
— in some people’s view meaning is produced by the formal properties of the text like
(4) , etc.
— in the speaker’s view meaning is created by both conventions of meaning and
(5) .
Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods
