SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Meaning in literatine
In reading literary works, we are concerned with the "meaning" of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue. There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature.
I.Meaning is what is intended by (1) ______________________________
Apart from reading an author's work in question, readers need to
1 )read (2) _______ by the same author;
2) get familiar with (3) ____ at the time;
3) get to know cultural values and symbols of the time.
II. Meaning exists "in" the text itself.
1) some people's view: meaning is produced by the formal properties of the text like (4) _______ , etc.
2) speaker's view: meaning is created by both conventions of meaning and (5)__________________________
Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods and different (6) ________ perspectives could lead to different interpretations of meaning in a text.
III Meaning is created by (7) ____________________________________
1) meaning is (8) ___________________________________
2) meaning is contextual;
3) meaning requires (9)______________________________________
—practicing competency in reading
—practicing other competencies
—background research. in (10) , etc.