Question: Where does the greatness of a text fall into this? Is it always great (greatness in the actual text) or does it lie in the minds of those who read it?
I am of the opinion that the greatness is something of a measure of potential that a work has to instill positive emotions in us. The text is, as we mentioned in class, unchanging (apart from translations and fancy jazz like that). So anything that is in the work, will continue to be so, though our perceptions of it may change. I was thinking that greatness, as a measure of potential, exists before a person reads a text. As soon the person reads the text, they realize that it is 'great' or 'not great." Our perceptions of the high quality and worth of a text is solidified by the structure, form/style, and content that already exist and will continue to exist in the work.
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