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Literary Theory


Clouds, Glands, Tributaries: A Three-Part Meditation on Water
Can a drawing be a haiku? This post explores Clouds, Glands, Tributaries, a work that juxtaposes scientific diagrams of storm clouds, eyelid glands, and river systems. It's a "visual haiku" that uses the "power of disproportion" to unlock a subjective and poetic meditation on water.
jmfwhittle
Nov 23, 20165 min read
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Diagrams in Literature: labyrinthine plots, obscure connections and the intricate inner working of a sentence.
From Laurence Sterne diagramming his own plot in the 18th century to Kurt Vonnegut graphing the "shape" of Cinderella, the diagram has long been a secret key to understanding literature. We explore how maps, charts, and sentence diagrams reveal the hidden architecture of the world's most complex stories.
jmfwhittle
Jun 21, 20168 min read
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