Pierre Macherey's A Theory of Literary Production brought up an interesting point, “silence as the source of expression,” (17). Macherey emphasizes that not everything is to be said for some things to be said. By limiting the information in the text, the author is saying more. This is a concept I had never considered but I believe it makes a lot of sense. When we try to describe an experience to someone, there are always some things we leave out. By not telling everything there is about the topic, something is left for the listener to critique and wonder about. The same goes for when we read or watch something. The things that are not mentioned are sometimes what catch our attention the most.
“We investigate the silence, for it is the silence that is doing the speaking,” (17). Many times when information is withheld from us, we automatically want to know what it is. It draws us into the subject matter more and creates curiosity. One must then research and find out more on their own. This brings up another point that Macherey discusses. He stresses that all books are not finished because they do contain everything on the topic. That not until others have read and critiqued it, could it come close to being done, and with that it may take forever to be finished.
I believe Macherey concept of silence doing the talking is very important to consider when reading our next text because silence is what sometimes speaks to us the most.
Good post DBA126. I especially liked when you stated that when something is left out from a text there is something for the reader to think about and wonder about. It is almost as if the silences are exciting and have a certain mystique about them.
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Pierre Macherey's A Theory of Literary Production brought up an interesting point, “silence as the source of expression,” (17). Macherey emphasizes that not everything is to be said for some things to be said. By limiting the information in the text, the author is saying more. This is a concept I had never considered but I believe it makes a lot of sense. When we try to describe an experience to someone, there are always some things we leave out. By not telling everything there is about the topic, something is left for the listener to critique and wonder about. The same goes for when we read or watch something. The things that are not mentioned are sometimes what catch our attention the most.
“We investigate the silence, for it is the silence that is doing the speaking,” (17). Many times when information is withheld from us, we automatically want to know what it is. It draws us into the subject matter more and creates curiosity. One must then research and find out more on their own. This brings up another point that Macherey discusses. He stresses that all books are not finished because they do contain everything on the topic. That not until others have read and critiqued it, could it come close to being done, and with that it may take forever to be finished.
I believe Macherey concept of silence doing the talking is very important to consider when reading our next text because silence is what sometimes speaks to us the most.
Good post DBA126. I especially liked when you stated that when something is left out from a text there is something for the reader to think about and wonder about. It is almost as if the silences are exciting and have a certain mystique about them.
-Starfish
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