Elmo, 9/4

After sitting through class this week I realized that while I thought I knew a lot about language, there was still a lot to be learned. One quote which really resonated with me was, “there remains the possibility of saying something else” (Macherey 15). There are so many different ways in which to say something or define something; everyone has something original to say. There is always something the author left out of a text and it’s interesting to discuss what this may be. This idea of different definitions goes back to the class where we discussed the EXXON sign. If you need gas this could be defined in your mind as gas but if you need to make a phone call this could also be defined as a place to make a phone call. Language and definitions seem to be very situational and things may not always seem the same to you as they do to someone else. Something else I found interesting was when we discussed the quote, “it is rupture which must be studied” (Macherey 23). As critical readers of theory, we must study the gaps; we must study what the authors aren’t saying rather than what is so plainly presented to us.