Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter: A Review
The Scarlet Letter: A Review
Q: If the book did not evoke any past memories or associations, do you
consider it literature? Based on which other criteria?
I. I did not make a very clear connection with the text at all during my
reading of it. Rosenblat said "The readers attention to the text activates
certain elements in his past experience-external reference, internal
response-that have become linked with the verbal symbols." This rang true
to me for, as I was plodding through the text, I saw a well crafted story
with impressive symbols and techniques, but I was never drawn into the
story and oft....
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