Modernist literature works as a perception instrument whose form survives even rejected insights
Evidence
Modernist literature with all its vast apparatus was an instrument, a form of perception, and once absorbed, the insights it brought could be rejected without its essence being lost, even the form endured, and it could then be applied to your own life, your own fascinations, which could then suddenly appear in a completely new and significant light. ā Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1839
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to debates on the value of difficult literature as a lens or technology of perception ā echoes āDeep Listeningā and the soundscape-as-instrument idea. ā connects to: Artās felt experience is suppressed by learned critical discourse ā Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1135; A novel rejecting both bildungsroman and romance conventions transgresses literatureās basic rules; Novelsā formal features, not stated sympathy, determine their political effects (+7 more)