textual integrity?
sorry for bringing up this stupid topic again, but our trials are coming up and i hav to say i'm so screwed for the wild swans section.. i've already read the book twice and still i don't have a coherent idea on exactly what the book is generally about.
in terms of textual integrity, should i be arguing that it DOES hav textual integrity, or it doesnt? from what i HAVE read so far and from the <lack of> notes that repin's given us, it doesn't.
reasons for lacking textual integrity:-
*it covers a range of genres, not just the one - many books cover a range of genres, but at least most of them generally stick to the one distiguishable genre i think this is an important point) WS can easily be mistakened for a biography/autobiography/historybook/family saga/romance etc.. im guessing what i hav to do in terms of argue in this point is point out all the differences in the genre? also, it being true to its form, means that it sticks with the one genre, right?
*it doesn't hold together as a text - not sure how to expand on this.. maybe somethign to do with the fact that she is SUBJECTIVE (propaganda?) when it comes to historical facts?
*different readings - western vs. eastern; is this to do with textual integrity? the fact that WS has so many readings/opinions on it means that it doesnt have textual integrity? this also has to do with the type of audience/purpose she is writing the book for, right, ie. social context (1990s vs. now)
i dont know, thats all i've gotten up til now.. hope it's working well together.. any tips on how to refine that info? thanx!!