A Model of Textual Control: Misrepresenting Censorship

Authors

  • Stephan Packard

Keywords:

literature and censorship, communication, communication models, textual analysis, theory of control

Abstract

A basic theory of textual control is presented, outlining a communicative model that traces the contest at the heart of any case of censorship as a contradiction in representation. Some special relations between literature and textual control are discussed.

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Published

2017-10-04