Thursday, January 16, 2014
Nonsense of Words 500 - Matt Bernstein
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This nonsense piece really interested me in a variety of ways. It combines a mix of sense and nonsense. The use of sentence structure is fascinating because the author chooses to use real words in the sentences but at the same time reverses the order in which we read the sentence. In order to read the original sentence, one must start from the end of the sentence and read it backwards. Not only does the reader need to train themselves to start to read from right to left, but also from down to up the page instead of the conventional directions. When I first started to read this piece, I thought the words were going to be backwards in their letters. I thought to myself, that I had read pieces that were written completely backwards in structure and wording and this would be written in the same style as the other ones I had read. However, as I started to read, I realized the words were in fact plain English and just the sentence was backwards. This technique really plays tricks on the mind, because I know I expected the words to be a certain way, but in fact they were completely normal. As soon as I looked at this piece before even reading it, I could tell something was not the norm. Even the quotation marks and apostrophe directions changed. I think what drew my eyes to this piece were the little details such as the accent marks, because they caught my eyes almost immediately. This piece had great effect on the audience. It helps the reader realize they need to read more closely and pay more attention to the words themselves rather than the sentence as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this piece was really interesting in that it took me a couple attempts at reading it to really "get" it. The piece is completely readable although nonsensical when read normally because the language used is rooted in slightly-altered English. However, when I attempted to view it from a (literal) different perspective, I found that the piece is a logically-flowing essay on free will when read backwards. Like Michelle said, this piece really plays tricks on the mind to see something that would usually be perceived as normal to be nonsense, which ties back to the discussion in class about how sense and nonsense draw upon one another and how easily meaning can be obscured.
ReplyDeleteBoth forwards and backwards, the tone of this piece was very similar. While a lot of the pieces we’ve examined in class have been very whimsical and childlike, this piece was very dry and authoritative, like I was reading an academic paper in a language I did not understand. I thought it was interesting that even something that made no sense could carry that sort of feeling. I think that one of the elements that factored into the tone was the word choice, but I’m also very curious about what other people think.
Overall, I thought it was interesting!!
Grayson,
ReplyDeleteThat is a great observation of this piece! I don't know if I ever would have noticed that this essay was a perfectly logical collection of sentences, flipped entirely in reverse. What I did notice, was that the sentences resembled those that we generally use in conversation or writing, but felt entirely out of order. It is interesting that I perceived these sentences, not as backwards, but as entirely out of order. What a strange thing, that a collection of words in perfect order looks to my eye and brain like a logical sentence, but that order reversed results in absolute chaos. After reading your comment, however, I look back at the piece and see it in a whole new light. Although the words are typed in their correct direction and able to be read left-to-right, the piece itself looks like a mirror image of a written document. Once I understand that the essay is reversed in its order, my brain begins to understand it is as reversed in its overall appearance as well. It is so interesting how our brains work at understanding these series of letters, words, and sentences on a screen.