How Long to Read The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions by Herbert F. Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this innovative examination of works by Poe, Melville, Twain, Nabokov, Barth, and Pynchon, Herbert F. Smith established an aesthetic theory that allows for fresh readings of six problematic texts. He explores how the texts came to be written and what semiotic processes are involved in their creation, and in so doing he opens the way for new theoretical speculation. Texts that do no more than produce data are essentially two-dimensional. Texts that interest as texts have a third dimension. Almost all literary criticism takes place within these three dimensions. For Smith, texts that compel the reader to go beyond of two- or three-dimensional analysis are the most interesting. The technique he develops for reading these works of literature is based on the idea of hyperdimensionality, a metaphor he borrows, along with catastrophe and chaos from science. The works he examines are seen as loci for meaning in which numerous directions and coordinates function simultaneously. Beginning with Roman Jakobson, Smith examines speculations about the metaphor/metonymy dichotomy, invoking along the way Umberto Eco and David Lodge. He quarrels with the notion that metaphor and metonymy are polar, and proposes that the dichotomy be visualized as multi-dimensional, to reflect their complex relationship. As he develops his technique for reading metafiction, he sheds light on the theories of critics as diverse as Derrida, Barthes, and Frye. The tone is exploratory, even playful, engaging the reader in a free play of ideas.

How long is The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions?

The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions by Herbert F. Smith is 206 pages long, and a total of 52,736 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 48 minutes to read The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions aloud.

What Reading Level is The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions?

The Locus of Meaning: Six Hyperdimensional Fictions is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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