The Library of Congress

EPC Exhibit 132–30

October 22, 2009

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Dewey Section

To: Caroline Kent, Chair

Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee

Cc: Members of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee

Karl E. Debus-López, Chief, U.S. General Division

From: Julianne Beall, Assistant Editor

Dewey Decimal Classification

Library of Congress

Via: Joan S. Mitchell, Editor in Chief

Dewey Decimal Classification

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

Re: 800 Literature and Table 3: Selected topics

Expansions

From To Topic

808 808.03 Specific elements of rhetoric

808 808.032 Figures of speech

808 808.036 Narration

Proofreading

EPC Exhibit 132-25, page 10, discontinues 686.2255 Proofreading, the number for proofreading associated with typesetting, explaining: “Changing technology has made this process obsolete. This number is limited to the kind of proofreading that the typesetter does just before imposition and lockup—looking for the kinds of errors that typesetters make. This number is being used in error for the kind of proofreading that is an integral part of the editorial process and belongs in 808.027.”

Because most works about proofreading also treat other editing skills, we do not recommend a separate number for proofreading. Nevertheless, a few works do treat only proofreading. We recommend putting the topic in an including note to leave open the possibility that a subdivision may be desirable in the future.

808.027 Editorial techniques

Preparation of manuscripts in publishable form

Including proofreading

Class here style manuals

Add new print Relative Index entry:

Proofreading

Figures of speech and narration in rhetoric

Among the topics in standing room at 808, the comprehensive number for rhetoric, are the following:

Figures of speech—rhetoric / 808
Narration—rhetoric / 808

Relevant LCSH are

Figures of speech

Metaphor

Simile

Narration (Rhetoric)

There is literary warrant for these topics:

317 records found searching for ((su: figures and su: speech) or su: simile or su: metaphor) AND dd: 808 in WorldCat

331 records found searching for (su: narration and su: rhetoric) AND dd: 808 in WorldCat

We propose new subdivisions in the span General topics in rhetoric:

______

808.02–808.06 General topics in rhetoric

Class comprehensive works in 808

. . . . .

808.03 Specific elements of rhetoric

Class preparation of manuscripts using specific elements in 808.02; class specific kinds of writing using specific elements in 808.06

808.032 Figures of speech

Including metaphor, simile

808.036 Narration

808.04 Rhetoric in specific languages

Class preparation of manuscripts in specific languages in 808.02; class specific elements of rhetoric in specific languages in 808.03; class rhetoric of specific kinds of composition in specific languages in 808.06

Narration and figures of speech in literature

There is already provision for narration as an element in literature, via T3C—23 Narrative, with Relative Index entries for numbers built with T3C—23:

Narration—literature 808.8023

Narration—literature—history and criticism 809.923

Narration—literature—specific literatures T3B—08023

Narration—literature—specific literatures—history and criticism T3B—0923

. . . . .

Narrative—literature 808.8023

Narrative—literature—history and criticism 809.923

Narrative—literature—specific literatures T3B—08023

Narrative—literature—specific literatures—history and criticism T3B—0923

Notation T3C—23 is low in the preference tables in literature and not much used, but it is available when needed.

There is no comparable provision in Table 3C for figures of speech or metaphor. We propose to treat figures of speech as contributing to qualities of style at T3C—1 Arts and literature displaying specific qualities of style, mood, viewpoint. We’ll put the topic in a class-here note so that specific kinds of figures of speech can be classed in various subdivisions as appropriate, e.g., hyperbole, understatement, oxymoron, or paradox discussed in connection with T3C—17 Comedy or T3C—18 Irony.

T3C—1 Arts and literature displaying specific qualities of style, mood, viewpoint

Class here figures of speech

Do not use if redundant, e.g., horror (T3C—164) in horror fiction

(T3B—308738 in Table 3B)

Class literature displaying specific elements and specific qualities in T3C—2;

Class arts and literature dealing with specific themes and subjects and displaying specific qualities in T3C—3

See Manual at T3B—102–T3B—107, T3B—205, T3B—308 vs. T3C—1, T3C—3

We propose to add metaphor to the subdivision T3C—15:

T3C—15 Symbolism, allegory, fantasy, myth, metaphor

Standard subdivisions are added for any or all topics in heading

Including the grotesque, science fiction in the arts

Class symbolism, allegory, fantasy, myth, metaphor associated with a specific style or viewpoint with the style or viewpoint, e.g., surrealism T3C—1163

For science fiction as a type of fiction, see T3B—308762 in Table 3B

See Manual at T3C—37 vs. T3C—15

T3C—1 has even lower preference than T3C—2; consequently, the notation won’t be much used—but it can be available when needed. We propose to add the following Relative Index entries:

Figures of speech—literature 808.801

Figures of speech—literature—history and criticism 809.91

Figures of speech—literature—specific literatures T3B—0801

Figures of speech—literature—specific literatures—

history and criticism T3B—091

. . . . .

Metaphor—literature 808.8015

Metaphor—literature—history and criticism 809.915

Metaphor—literature—specific literatures T3B—08015

Metaphor—literature—specific literatures—history and criticism T3B—0915