Gaps, silences and marginalisation: reading what is left out

What this note covers

1. Define the absence before interpreting it
2. Analyse represented silence through its circumstances
3. Measure marginalisation through attention and authority
4. Distinguish textual restraint from an unsupported accusation
5. Connect an omission to inclusion, emphasis and resolution
6. Write a defensible argument about what remains unsaid

6 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes