Schlagwort: chiastic structures
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What do Ring Structures mean?
Do structures have a meaning at all? The common Structuralist approach – to which we adhere – is a clear yes. Structure is meaning. Structure imparts a certain meaning, too – if only in the sense that adherence to a certain, already-known structure shapes readers‘ expectations, and and hence produces meaning. A chiastic pattern suggests…
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Case Studies on Ring Structures
Over time, we will blog about Ring Structures in diverse texts – as befits the loose structure of a blog, not in a particular methodic fashion, but rather one example at a time. Examples will probably include (and completed entries will be linked from this list): Hopefully, from the description a number of common elements…
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Ring Structures – Secondary Literature
Wikipedia has it that Ring Structures or chiastic structures are prominent in antique literature, and cites the Bible, the Quran, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodot, Beowulf, and other examples from antiquity. Examples from the Book of Mormon can hardly come as a surprise, since that book is heavily modeled on the style of the Hebrew Bible.…
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Circle Loop Pool Electric – A blog on ring structures
This blog asks about Ring Structures in diverse texts and tries to describe differences and similarities. The aim is to find out which meanings a certain textural structure conveys.