Editing Parataxis (section)

==Examples==
===Literature===
An example is Mr. Jingle's speech in Chapter 2 of ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]].

<blockquote>"Come along, then," said he of the green coat, lugging Mr. Pickwick after him by main force, and talking the whole way. "Here, No. 924, take your fare, and take yourself off&mdash;respectable
gentleman&mdash;know him well&mdash;none of your nonsense&mdash;this way, sir&mdash;where's your friends?&mdash;all a mistake, I see&mdash;never mind&mdash;accidents will happen&mdash;best regulated families&mdash;never say die&mdash;down upon your luck&mdash;Pull him UP&mdash;Put that in his pipe&mdash;like the flavour&mdash;damned rascals." And with a lengthened string of similar broken sentences, delivered with extraordinary volubility, the stranger led the way to the traveller's waiting-room, whither he was closely followed by Mr. Pickwick and his disciples.</blockquote>

[[Samuel Beckett]]'s opening to his monologue "Not I" is another example.

<blockquote>'''Mouth:''' {{sic|hide=y|....}} out ... into this world ... this world ... tiny little thing ... before its time ... in a godfor– ... what? {{sic|hide=y|..}} girl? {{sic|hide=y|..}} yes ... tiny little girl ... into this ... out into this ... before her time ... godforsaken hole called ... called ... no matter ... parents unknown ... unheard of ... he having vanished ... thin air ... no sooner buttoned up his breeches ... she similarly ... eight months later ... almost to the tick ... so no love ... spared that ... no love such as normally vented on the ... speechless infant ... in the home ... no ... nor indeed for that matter any of any kind ... no love of any kind ... at any subsequent stage ...</blockquote>

===Greek===

In ''[[What Is Called Thinking?]]'', [[Martin Heidegger]] addresses the paratactic nature of Classical Greek texts. Through analyzing a fragment from [[Parmenides]] (typically translated "One should both say and think that Being is") Heidegger argues that modern syntactic translations of paratactic Greek texts often leave the meaning obscured. He suggests multiple translations of the fragment that may more closely resemble the paratactic Greek original. These include "needful : the saying also thinking too : being : to be," and "Useful is the letting lie before us, the taking-to-heart, too: beings in Being." Heidegger points to a modern linguistic bias that places paratactic language beneath syntactic language; paratactic language is often viewed as "child-like" or "primitive". He argues that a paratactic sentence a child might say, such as "dog, woof-woof, bad" is not inherently less meaningful than its syntactic equivalent, like "dogs bark and can be dangerous."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Heidegger|first=Martin|title=What is called thinking?|publisher=HarperPerennial|year=1968|isbn=0-06-090528-X|location=New York|pages=182–184|translator-last=Gray|translator-first=J. Glenn|oclc=273314}}</ref>

===Cultural theory===

The term ''parataxis'' has also been appropriated by some{{who|date=March 2020}} [[Cultural theory|cultural theorists]] to describe certain works of art or "cultural texts" in which a series of scenes or elements are presented side by side in no particular order or hierarchy. Examples might range from the [[collage]]s of the [[dada]]ists and [[Robert Rauschenberg]] to many contemporary [[music video]]s.  The traditional [[polyptych]] constitutes another example.