After the class discussion I felt that I grasped a lot more
of what Macherey was trying to say. The quote, “It is this rupture which must
be studied” helped me tie in what was said in the past readings and help make
connections. Because of the gap, it allows readers and viewers to have the
opportunity to make choices and think what they want to about the source.
Literature is all about interpretation and how the person perceives it.
Also one quote from the text that really got me thinking
was, “are there books which say what they mean…without depending directly on
other books”? I believe the answer is no, and that is what our class discussion
and what Macherey both believed to think as well. Every thought and idea that
is said or written must have derived from somewhere else because otherwise it
wouldn’t have been thought of. But then there also becomes a question of how
the first person came up with these thoughts and the text without any previous
influence. This ties into the quote, “In order to say anything, there are other
things which must be said.” Making connections to texts we have already read
and examined will end up tying into our thoughts and make us form opinions even
when we don’t even realize its happening. It is like how the way you were
raised and what you see around you, and everything influencing you does in fact
help shape that you are and how you see the world.
“To know the work we must move outside it.” That
quote I think is a good way to end my thoughts because it says that to really
fully understand something you need to research and understand what helps bring
that thought together and what influences it to be what it is.
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