Re: Juxtaposition
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 17:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
<<When I see legal Harold Ober-esque language, the first thing that pops
into
my mind is, like I said `censorious, unfair, biased', whatever. That's
the
semiotics of it. The actual meaning is the pastiche. But both things form
part of the ultimate text.
Camille>>
See, my understanding of semiotics is completely different from yous.
Word=sign=literal meaning. Or at least something within a range of
accepted meanings. What I see you as doing was deconstructing my text.
At the least, making a comment on the subtext. But taking it a step
further, I think maybe you're commenting on the meaning of the signs and
maybe skipping a step?
But either way, aren't you rejecting a certain type of speech? Aren't
you still saying, This type of speech is censorious, therefore wrong?
Now, when you said, "the first thing that pops into my mind," that seems
Reader Response to me. But that doesn't mean you can equate this with
"the semiotics of it," which would presumably be scientific, reasoned,
and based upon observations of an entire culture (in this case, our
listserve culture--and you're just as expert as anyone else on that).
Jim
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