Hopscotch: an emergent literary structural motif
This study explores the value of hopscotch as an emergent literary structural motif as compared in the Argentine novel Rayuela (1963) by Julio Cortazar and the African-American novel 2nd Time Around (1996) by James Earl Hardy. The study was based upon two observations: the rhythm of language and the...
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DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
2005
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3726 http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5249&context=dissertations |
| Summary: | This study explores the value of hopscotch as an emergent literary structural motif as compared in the Argentine novel Rayuela (1963) by Julio Cortazar and the African-American novel 2nd Time Around (1996) by James Earl Hardy. The study was based upon two observations: the rhythm of language and the perception of consciousness as inherent linguistic factors in the game of hopscotch. An interpretative discourse analysis approach was used to forge a hyperreal space in which other cross-water speakerly text(s) could be discussed. A variety of electronic database and internet queries along with one-on-one conversations heralded the uniqueness of the researcher’s theory: hopscotch as literary text. The researcher found that the current level of knowledge about this theory is low among scholars and the general population. The contemporary literary forms of hopscotch can be used to promote cultural awareness and to heal the psychological effects of the game of divide and conquer on the human mind. The researcher concluded that the old game is best interpreted in terms of the modalities of text—class, gender, sexuality and race-to symbolize the captor’s hierarchical voice. However, to invert those signified a threat to national identities, wherefore the captive’s voice sufficed to behave as codified language. |
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