What’s reading ?
It’s not just an issue of passing the eyes through a bunch of very organized symbols which are linked each others in order to make sense and create meaning. Reading is much more than that. It’s a process that involves many different aspects such as; the personal experience, the transformation of identity, the flexibility of meaning and the desire of knowledge.
If we start from the fact that every single person has a different affective history that has been developed through his/ her different stages of life, it can be said that reading is the reflection of all personal experiences. Another important aspect of reading is the transformation of identity -this doesn’t mean that a page which is full of words is going to change completely your way of thinking or behavior-, what reading really means - is that thanks to it- people can be conscious of the realities of our daily life. So that, it gives us the opportunity to think critically, take a position and then act regarding the society problems. Furthermore, reading goes beyond the frontiers of certain linguistic aspects (rules) such as morphology, syntax or semantics. -For instance, when readers break these “rules” in order to understand and reach the sense of a text, it is quite well demonstrated the desire of knowledge in all its expression-
By Edward Sarasty
Hi Edward, I think this is an insightful definition. I got a little bit lost at the end. The last sentence is not clear for me...
ReplyDeleteActually I find really interesting how you involved aspects that are ignored by other people wich are really importantes. personal experiences and identity transformation... Well done bitch!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree when you say that when we read a change of identity can occure, according to kant this could be a dialectic possibility. in where we think by ourselves, we think in others person position and furthermore, we have the opportunity to change our mind.
ReplyDelete"Affective history" sounds familiar. That is an important aspect in all activities in life.
ReplyDeleteEduardo Valderrama
Very interesting Edward, it`s like a piece of my thought, we agree in many things, like "it can be said that reading is the reflection of all personal experiences" and "it gives us the opportunity to think critically".
ReplyDelete"Affective history" it sounds Tina jajajajajaja
ReplyDeleteBut it is true when you include this thing, because although when you read you try to enter in a different world, sometimes you introduce yourself, your mix your own life with what you're reading.
jajajajajajajajajajajaja It sounds like Tina!! ajajajajajajajaj I think the definition is in the first paragraph...
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