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- Abstract:
- This thesis explores the question of reading with respect to ellipses. In doing so, I seek to articulate a theory of ellipticity that is also meant to serve as a theory of reading. Over the course of this thesis, I trace different modes or forms of ellipticity across various texts, including theoretical works on reading and critique, Don Mee Choi’s DMZ Colony, and Herman Melville’s “Bartleby.” Ultimately, what I mean by ellipticity is a mode that resists formulation, or that which resists form. I suggest that we adopt ellipticity as such in our approach to reading ellipses but also in our approach to reading in general.
- Notes:
- Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2025
- Concentration: Comparative Literature
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Citation
San Kwon,
"Reading Ellipses, Reading Elliptically: Towards a Theory of Ellipticity…"
(2025).
Comparative Literature Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/z4da-g280
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Comparative Literature Theses and Dissertations
Theses and Dissertations for the Comparative Literature department....