[log in to unmask] wrote: > . . . but i wonder if anyone out > there has come up with some helpful suggestion, some rule of thumb, > that is useful in dealing with this question in the classroom, especially > in classes where the last thing we want to do in begin a frontal > attack on the hermeneutic circle or the intentional fallacy . . . > > all thoughts most welcome . . . . . . . . Umberto Eco has done some wonderful pieces on the importance of reading in context, perhaps most notably, "Overinterpreting Texts." Other specific titles escape me, but I think Eco's thoughts are a good start. Ed Owens ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite