JIANGHAN ACADEMIC ›› 2005, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 5-7.

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Misreading Intentionally and Unintentionally

YE Lu   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225002,Jiangsu,China
  • Received:2005-01-30 Online:2005-03-01 Published:2013-12-13

Abstract: Whether the reader is on purpose or accidentally “scores a lucky hit”,“misreading”in reading poems refers to the nonconformity of the reader with the authoras to the understanding of the original poetic quality. The occurrence of “misreading” results from the fact that the reads from the poem his own life and emotional experience, and by association enriches and adds to the author’s connotation of the poetic quality. It can be put this way that misreading is hard to be avoided and is perfectly logical and reasonable, But it should take place in an at-will state rather than out of ignorance or conscious bias.

Key words: poem, misreading, connotation of poeticquality

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