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surface reading: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

reading practices that attend to what a text openly shows rather than searching for hidden meanings beneath it.

In literary theory, surface reading refers to reading practices that attend to what a text openly shows rather than searching for hidden meanings beneath it. This meaning comes from Best (2009) in Representations.[1]

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reading2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs surface3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs text4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four fields

References

Best, S., & Marcus, S. (2009). Surface Reading: An Introduction. Representations, 108(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2009.108.1.1

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