Text to reader : a communicative approach to Fowles, Barth, Cortázar and Boon / Theo D'Haen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haen, Theo d'.

Series:

Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; 16.

Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature = Utrechtse Publikaties voor Algemene Literatuurwetenschap (UPAL) ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Reader-response criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Text to Reader seeks to find a critical approach that links a novel's form to its socio-cultural context. Combining elements from Iser's reception aesthetics, speech act theory, and Goffman's frame analysis, this book starts from the assumption that a reader has certain conventional expectations with regard to a novel, and then goes on to examine how violations of these expectations rule the reader's relationship to the novel. The theory sketched in the first chapter is then, in four subsequent chapters, applied to The French Lieutenant's Woman by the English author John Fowles,

Contents:

TEXT TO READERA COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO FOWLES, BARTH, CORTÁZAR AND BOON; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER I. THE NOVEL AS ACT AND EXPERIENCE; CHAPTER II. JOHN FOWLES'S THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN; CHAPTER III. JOHN BARTH'S LETTERS; CHAPTER IV. JULIOCORTÁZAR'SLIBRO DE MANUEL; CHAPTER V. LOUIS PAUL BOON'S DE KAPELLEKENSBAAN; CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-42473-8

9786613424730

90-272-8024-X

OCLC:

769344141