RLG101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sola Scriptura, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes
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How we read may be affected by gender. Iser + fish: importance of reader, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge of (cid:894)or (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to(cid:895) te(cid:454)t"s content, author, etc. Science book read by scientist vs. artist. N(cid:455)e"s (cid:271)ook for (cid:455)ou (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:448)s. last (cid:373)o(cid:374)th. Jacques derrida: texts are important, the meanings of texts are variable, texts are important. 31: the meanings of texts are variable. Meaning affected by changes in history, context, author, reader, etc. The pawnee charter: leslie: being logocentric re: ted / tea. Misreading re: tom (but still applies to. Native americans; needs to change: women vs. land-owning males. Visual (cid:862)te(cid:454)ts(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:373)o(cid:448)ies, tv, i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)et, et(cid:272). (cid:895: roland barthes, mythologies. Stories, poems, films, tv shows, lyrics, commercials, billboards, etc. , etc. Study of religion = study of sacred texts. (cid:862)pure(cid:863) traditio(cid:374) (cid:448)s. (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge o(cid:448)er ti(cid:373)e + how actual people practice their religion. Protestant reformation (martin luther) e(cid:373)phasized te(cid:454)ts (cid:894)(cid:862)sola s(cid:272)riptura(cid:863)(cid:895) Why texts: power of words / language. United states: illegal for slaves to read.
