Re: Most literature is written such that the order of reading is unambiguo
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21 Mar 2024, 13:23
QUESTION #1 Official Explanation
A, C The passage defines ergodic literature as works that present the text, pages, or chapters without a prescribed order. Both (A) and (C) fit this definition, as Calligrammes presents the text such that it is not to be read “left to right and top to bottom,” and Composition No. 1 does not have a prescribed order to its pages. If matching these answer choices to the definition alone is difficult, compare them to the texts mentioned in the passage; Calligrammes is similar to House of Leaves in its arrangement of text on the page, and Composition No. 1 is similar to the I Ching in the randomness involved in determining its order of reading. (B) does not match this definition. While Finnegans Wake might be difficult to understand or interpret, there is nothing in the description of the novel that suggests that determining the order of reading requires effort on the part of the reader. E