On the last page of this chapter, Foster states that "irony doesn't work for everyone." What does he mean by that? Why doesn't it? What does he mean by multivocal and univocal?
I think he means that irony is not appreciated or understood by everyone. Some people only understand one thing, and can not find the irony in anything. Other, however, can find irony in things that were not intended to ahve any at all. Multivocal refers to more than one voice, whereas univocal just hears one. Multivocal readers can understand more that one thing at a time whereas univocal read for only the soul purpose.
I think what he's saying is that not everyone understands irony. Some people read something and can find something extremely ironic about it and a different person can read the same thing and find nothing ironic about it at all. Multivocal readers are the ones that can understand more than just one central idea at a time while univocal readers only get the central point out of the story.
I think he is saying that not everyone gets some of the irony that authors use. Some people don't get the irony at all and others think of the irony in a different way than is meant...Multivocal refers to hearing many voices at the same time and univocal refers to hearing one voice at a time...Multivocal readers can get more than one thing at a time, while univocal readers can only get one thing at a time...
I think what hes trying to say is that there can be something ironic. But that doesnt mean all people are going to find it ironic. Some might find it ironic and some might not see it at all. Or even if it wasnt intended im sure someone could find some irony in it. Univocal readers only get one point out of a story whereas multivocal get more than one.
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I think he means that irony is not appreciated or understood by everyone. Some people only understand one thing, and can not find the irony in anything. Other, however, can find irony in things that were not intended to ahve any at all. Multivocal refers to more than one voice, whereas univocal just hears one. Multivocal readers can understand more that one thing at a time whereas univocal read for only the soul purpose.
I think what he's saying is that not everyone understands irony. Some people read something and can find something extremely ironic about it and a different person can read the same thing and find nothing ironic about it at all. Multivocal readers are the ones that can understand more than just one central idea at a time while univocal readers only get the central point out of the story.
I think he is saying that not everyone gets some of the irony that authors use. Some people don't get the irony at all and others think of the irony in a different way than is meant...Multivocal refers to hearing many voices at the same time and univocal refers to hearing one voice at a time...Multivocal readers can get more than one thing at a time, while univocal readers can only get one thing at a time...
Not everybody gets irony, some people are either slow to understand it or don't really get it at all.
I think what hes trying to say is that there can be something ironic. But that doesnt mean all people are going to find it ironic. Some might find it ironic and some might not see it at all. Or even if it wasnt intended im sure someone could find some irony in it. Univocal readers only get one point out of a story whereas multivocal get more than one.
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