William L. Randall, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old
"Reading lives is the primary activity. Reading literature, although we engage in it more intentionally and more mindfully, is the secondary one. We are able to do the latter only insofar as we are already doing the former. As with narrative in general, then, reading our lives is not merely a metaphor for how we make sense of our lives. It is how we make sense of our lives."
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"Reading lives is the primary activity. Reading literature, although we engage in it more intentionally and more mindfully, is the secondary one. We are able to do the latter only insofar as we are already doing the former. As with narrative in general, then, reading our lives is not merely a metaphor for how we make sense of our lives. It is how we make sense of our lives."
"قراءة الحياة هي النشاط الأساسي. أما قراءة الأدب، فهي النشاط الثانوي، وإن كنا نمارسها بقصدية أعمق ووعي أشد. ولا يتسنى لنا ممارسة الثانية إلا بقدر ما نكون قد مارسنا الأولى بالفعل. وكما هو الحال مع السرد عمومًا، فإن قراءة حياتنا ليست مجرد استعارة لكيفية إدراكنا لمعنى حياتنا، بل هي الكيفية ذاتها التي ندرك بها معنى حياتنا."
William L. Randall, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old
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