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Originally Posted by issybird
I disagree. You had seemed to suggest that the author's interpretation somehow has some validity. AFAIC, the text is neutral from any author's narration; it was the author's responsibility to express his meaning in the words alone. Narration matters. Heck, we all have narrators we like and those we loathe, which says in itself that the process of narration changes things.
Sure I can! It's the author getting between his written words and the reader (i.e., listener).  |
I agree with issybird. When I read some text I create my own emphasis on the words on the page, but depending on how someone reads something aloud you can change meaning. Take the phrase "drop dead!" for example. It can be interpreted to tell the other person to die, or to express disbelief about something or depending on context, inflection, tone of voice, etc can convey that you are kidding with the other person. Of course in face to face conversation you also throw in body language. We can't see the narrator move about in an audio book, but depending on how they choose to 'read' the text you could get a different meaning than what the author meant the dialogue to have.