Wednesday, 6 August 2008

The perils of reader response

In this text (K-League, Republic of Korea, 1997), educated reader Yoon Jung-hwan of Buchun, armed with the necessary aesthetic apparatus common to all professional footballers, unintentionally violates the norms of his interpretive community. Having had his ankle partially deconstructed, Ulsan bring the narrative to a temporary halt so Yoon can receive examination a capite ad calcem. The intermission over, in the act of returning the ball, Yoon temporarily moves outside his horizons of expectation, and those of his opponents, scoring an inadvertent goal from 40-odd yards. Ulsan necessarily underline the necessary subjectivity of the reading process, becoming incensed. Acknowledging the dialectical exchange between text and reader, Buchun attempt to allow Ulsan to score a compensatory goal. However Buchun’s foreign players are by this point entirely ex-narratory, isolated by an incompatible aesthetic of reception. Bound principally by historical determinants, they attempt to re-interpret the narrative to one in which the compensatory goal is not allowed – thus interpretational difficulties ensue in the act of bringing said goal a posse ad esse. Korean electro-pop soundtrack.

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