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Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Languages of Truth? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the anthology supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the anthology, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Rushdie himself raises the question of the appropriateness of biographical criticism. How apt is it to the anthology? What in the anthology indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 4

Readerly attention...

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