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Article #876Re: Theme?
From: Alan Barclay
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 07:05
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 07:05
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Yeah, my understanding of theme is that the word refers to the thesis of the writing--the pattern or philosophy which the story implies. I think that any meaningful story will have a thesis, regardless of whether the author is aware of it. Go look up some analyses of Shakespeare--critics are always finding deep meaning in his stories, yet I don't believe he ever consciously set out to build a play around a theme. I think a writer defines his theme unconsciously when he makes choices about what to write and what will happen in what he writes. A meaningful story tends to define a theme, whether that's wha t the author set out to do or not. -- Alan alan_barclay@mindlink.bc.ca
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a4099 From: Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Barclay) Subject: Re: Theme? Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:05:27 GMT Message-ID: <17219@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet) Lines: 19