Evoking a Poem

By: Siti Hajar Aishah Binti Mohd Azkah (2011131519)

Overview
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Revision on text, poem and transactional theory Introduction of evoking a poem Activities in evoking a poem Basic paradigm of reading process

Definition of text
A set or series of signs interpretable as linguistics symbols. In reading situation, text is the printed signs in their capacity to serve as symbols.

(Chapter 2, page 12)

Definition of poem

Stands for the whole category, literary work of art, and for terms such as novel, play, or short story.
(Chapter 2, page 12)

More explanations on poem

An event in time happens during a coming-together, a compenetration of a reader and a text. The reader brings to the text his past experience and present personality.
(Chapter 2, page 12)

It must be seen as event in the life of a reader.

(Chapter 2, page 16).

Transactional theory by Rosenblatt

Proposes the meaning of a text derives from a transaction between the text and reader within a specific context thus;

the meaning the poem 'happens' during the transaction between the reader and the signs on the page.
(p. xvi 1995, cited in Church, 1997)

Introduction of evoking a poem

In reading, two streams of response involve; evocation and interpretation.

1. Evocation

Definition: The lived-through process of building up the work under the guidance of a text.
(Chapter 4, page 69)

Evocation cont.

It encompasses entire reading process. Readers re-create a work to respond to it. In re-creation, feelings, attitudes and ideas are aroused under the guidance of the text. It is the initial reaction or response of the reader.

2. Interpretation

Definition: An effort to describe in some way the nature of the livedthrough evocation of the work.
(Chapter 4, page 70)

It is the accompanying reaction to the work being brought forth.

Interpretation cont.

It may include approval, disapproval, pleasure, shock; acceptance or rejection of the world that is being imagined; the supplying of rationales for what is being lived through. There may also be awareness, pleasant or unpleasant of the technical traits of the text. It is a reflection on the evocation.

Sometimes, evocation and interpretation cannot be separated. It is due to the complex nature of reading responses.

The range of potential responses and the gamut of degrees of intensity and articulateness are infinitely vast since they depend not only on the character of the text but even more on the special character of the individual reader.
(Chapter 4, page 49)

Activities in evoking a poem

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Be conscious of the authors creative role such as words, original emotions and state of mind readers literary creativity. Interpret visual clues offered by verbal symbols in the text ordinary perception.

Activities in evoking a poem cont.

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Synthesize and interpret poetic imagination creative adventure. Shape imagination using linguistic competence. Have basic forward movement of the reading process interest.

Basic paradigm of the reading process

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Important in evoking a poem. Consist in; The response to cues. The adoption of an efferent or aesthetic stance. The development of a tentative framework or guiding principle of organization.

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The arousal of expectations that influence the selection and synthesis of further response. The fulfillment or reinforcement of expectations or frustration. The arousal of further expectations.

Basic paradigm of the reading process cont.