The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett

Iser, Prof Wolfgang

ISBN 10: 0801821509 / ISBN 13: 9780801821509

Edité par Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. N° de réf. du vendeur wbs8645897956

Synopsis :

Like no other art form, the novel confronts its readers with circumstances aring from their own environment of social and historical norms and stimulates them to assess and criticize their surroundings. By Analyzing major works of English fiction ranging from Bunyan, Fielding, Scott, and Thackery to Joyce and Beckett, renowned critic Wolfgang Iser here provides a framework for a theory of such literary effects and aesthetic responses.

Iser's focus is on the theme of discovery, whereby the reader is given the chance to recognize the deficiencies of his own existence and the suggested solutions to counterbalance them. The content and form of this discovery is the calculated response of the reader—the implied reader. In discovering the expectations and presuppositions that underlie all the perceptions, the reader learns to "read" himself as he does the text.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Implied Reader: Patterns of ...
Éditeur : Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition : 1974
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good