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correspond
in
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
(Edited)

Whenever I read a new work, I spin the mental Rolodex looking for correspondences and corollaries—where have I seen his face, don't I know that theme?
Chpt Intr.

correspondences = connections by being similar
Those two content units correspond closely to the two parts into which the form typically breaks.
Chpt 4

correspond = align
The more we become aware of the possibility that our text is speaking to other texts,— the more similarities and correspondences we begin to notice, and the more alive the text becomes.
Chpt 5 *

correspondences = alignments
But what do we do if we don't see all these correspondences?
Chpt 5

correspondences = similarities or connections
Depending on what you want to accomplish, you may choose some prior tale (in our case, "H&G") and emphasize what you see as corresponding elements in the two tales.
Chpt 8

corresponding = similar or matching
All three of these mythologies work as sources of material, of correspondences, of depth for the modern writer (and every writer is modern—even John Dryden was not archaic when he was writing), and provided they're recognizable to the reader, they enrich and enhance the reading experience.
Chpt 9

correspondences = similarities or connections
Still, we can see it as resembling the Homeric original only if we understand that resemblance in terms of a funhouse mirror, full of distortion and goofy correspondences—if we understand it, in other words, as an ironic parallel.
Chpt 9
If there is ambiguity or a lack of clarity regarding that one-to-one correspondence between the emblem—the figurative construct—and the thing it represents, then the allegory fails because the message is blurred.
Chpt 12

correspondence = alignment
Jake Barnes, newspaper correspondent and wounded war veteran.
Chpt 21 *

correspondent = reporter
On the other hand, a too rigid insistence on the fictive world corresponding on all points to the world we know can be terribly limiting not only to our enjoyment but to our understanding of literary works.
Chpt 25

corresponding = aligning

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Definitions:

(1) (correspond as in: corresponding time period)
connect or fit together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched

(Two things are equivalent if they have the same or very similar value, purpose, or result.)
(2) (correspond as in: corresponding by email)
communicate -- typically by writing letters or email

A corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.
(3) (correspondence as in: a correspondence course)
done from afar

For example, a corresponding member or a correspondence course.

This sense of corresponding arose because people who lived in distant cities and could not be present for meetings, could communicate by sending written communications.
(4) (correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper)
a reporter or other representative -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

correspond in How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Edited)

correspond
in
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
(Edited)