Question!

Gee’s article, Literacy and the Literacy Myth poses different ideas about the social outcomes of being literate. Gee argues that traditionalists believe that “interpretation is a matter of what goes on in the mind” and that the “right interpretation is the same for all competent readers” (39). With this in mind, is it fair to say that there is a ‘right’ way to construct interpretation of a text? And if so, what is the the point of criticizing and analyzing a written text if everyone decodes the sameĀ  interpretation? Is there any legitimate claim to traditionalists view according to Gee?

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