Sunday, September 9, 2007

Eagleton claims that literature, and what is considered literature should not be categorized solely by what one specific social-economic class deems appropriate based on their experinces as a group. As he says on pg.15 what was emblematic to liturature was based upon the tastes and values of a certain social class. Rather, literature should be a compilation of writings from all aspects of life. This realtes to chandler and our discussions of genre through the need to break expectations that attached as characterisitics.
Fish states that reason we are able to discern poetry from other forms of writing is because we have an already embedded with a frame of context to identify poems. As fish says the difference that we see between poems is not inherent to its structure but to different interpretive operations. Fish and chandler are similar because they are both promoting the theory that the things we catergorize into different works of literature,art,and in genral life, are a result of a previous description of a genre and what characteristics make a piece of literature fall into each of these genres.
A restaurant is a good example of social expectations that critical to interpreting responses. When you go to a restaurant there are certain things you are expecting, relatively quick seating,polite waitress,fast service,and properly prepared food amongst other things. You want to be in control of how your dining experience goes, and have the restaurant staff attend to your needs as they arise. When these expectations are not met in any way that is where problems arise and may result in an altercation between you and the restaurant staff.

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