Interpretive codes function as modes of attention directed at textual phenomena

Evidence

By phase, Frye means to designate not so much an interpretive code of a distinct type, as a certain type of attention-what we will shortly term the “horizon” or the “set” of the reading mind toward one particular order of textual phenomena, “a sequence of contexts or relationships in which the whole work of literary art can be placed” such that this particular context determines a particular type of interpretation. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1686

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader ‘always historicize’ method — Frye’s phase-as-attention is a precursor of Jameson’s own horizon-based interpretive scheme laid out in the Preface. — connects to: Literary form mirrors and anticipates platform-shaped attention grammar. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1093; Connotative codes function as a culture’s maps of meaning — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 902; Attention creates a shared space beyond both instrumental logic and endless suspension — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 75 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Literary form mirrors and anticipates platform-shaped attention grammar. #expands (0.75) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1093
• Connotative codes function as a culture’s maps of meaning #expands (0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 902
• Attention creates a shared space beyond both instrumental logic and endless suspension #qualifies (0.70) — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 75