'Why can't words mean what they say?' -- Robert Kroetsch.
What I see as a central line in his latest book, TOO BAD (UAlbertaP
2010); possibly relevant....
Doug
On 27-Apr-10, at 3:59 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>>>> I find it disturbing that there would be a more strict
>>>> interpretation of a
>>>> term's application in poetry where it is more loosely applied in
>>>> its own
>>>> discipline
>>>
>>> Well, I'm not sure that anyone other than Jeffrey is suggesting
>>> this.
>>>
>>> Robin
>> Haw. When it comes to stricter interpretations of ANYthing, I'll
>> almost certainly be there.
>>
>> --Bob
>
> All right then, Bob, you and Jeffrey both, rabid prescriptivists the
> pair of you. If linguistic meaning were established by fiat or
> dictat, there might be some sense in your position. In coining new
> terms, you at least recognise that that not everyone uses words to
> mean what you'd like them to mean. I can live with that. But when
> I'm told that when I imagine I'm pretty clearly talking about
> narrative disjunction, I should be using the term "match-cut", which
> points to *continuity, I simply want to put my head in my hands and
> weep.
>
> Robin
>
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