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The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett
01 Jan 1974-
TL;DR: Iser as mentioned in this paper analyzed major works of English fiction ranging from Bunyan, Fielding, Scott, and Thackeray to Joyce and Beckett, and provided a framework for a theory of such literary effects and aesthetic responses.
Abstract: Like no other art form, the novel confronts its readers with circumstances arising 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 Thackeray 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 his perceptions, the reader learns to "read" himself as he does the text.
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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this paper deconstruction of language is defined as "the paradoxical logic of deconstruction" and deconstructing the name of a word, and deconstruction can be seen as a form of negation.
Abstract: Introduction: Redrawing the Lines What is deconstruction? The paradoxical logic of deconstruction Theology and deconstruction Deconstructing the name Methodology of research Summary of objectives PARTI Babel and the Paradox o f Singularity 1. The ‘Genesis’ of Language Appellation Tree o f knowledge Tower of Babel 2. Translating Babel The broad sense of translation Translation and original Derrida and the paradox of decadence and survival Translation as the survival of the original 3. The Singular Event of the Literary Work Signature: unreadable singularity Postcard: mere readability Biodegradables: survival 4Living on* Sacralisation Don Quixote and Pierre Menard's Signature PART II The Paradox o f Representation 4. Benjamin's Critique of Representation Theological discourse and representation Name as the pure language Benjamin’s coinage of'bourgeois’ and 'mystical’ views De Manian deconstructive criticism of Benjamin and representation Rabbinic readings of Benjamin and representation Derrida and the paradox o f representation in Benjamin 5. Derrida and Representation in Literary Language Saussure and the nature o f linguistic sign Benveniste and the nature of linguistic sign Derrida’s reading of Saussure Deconstruction and the sign Deconstruction and speech/writing Deconstruction and signification The process of signification in The Crying of Lot 49 PART III The Paradox o f Apophatic Discourse 6. Apophasis in Theological Discourse Benjamin’s notion of negation and nonexpression Paradox of negation in theological discourse The aporias of transcendence God as 'referent’ Transcendental experience The affirmative force of language in theological discourse 7. Derrida and Apophatic Discourse Derrida’s critique of negative theology Derridean paradoxes of negation The impossible’ Deconstruction and theology as 'promise ’ Negative theology as (a discourse on) 'language’ 8. Apophasis in Literary Discourse The Unnamable: The story of that impossible place named silence Aporias and paradoxes o f the Unnamable Self and language as counterparts The impossible space named silence Conclusion Conclusion: Limits of language Deconstruction, metaphysics and theological discourse Deconstruction of metaphysical language Deconstruction of language: Part I Deconstruction of language' Part II Deconstruction of language: Part III
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TL;DR: Research is failing to consistently report theoretical frameworks, increasing the gap between research and practice, and increasing the difficulty teachers face in effectively matching intervention as discussed by the authors, which may increase the difficulty of matching intervention.
Abstract: Research is failing to consistently report theoretical frameworks, increasing the gap between research and practice, and increasing the difficulty teachers face in effectively matching intervention...
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...Reader response theory suggests that meaning of the text is derived from interactions between readers and the content (Fish, 1980; Holland, 1975; Iser, 1974, 1978; Rosenblatt, 1938, 1978)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between the intended aims of journalists and the journalistic texts produced is analyzed. And the notion of the reader in two directions: first, a reader is defined, and second, the reader is evaluated.
Abstract: In order to compare the relationship between the intended aims of journalists and the journalistic texts produced, this article develops further the notion of the reader in two directions: first, a...
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...Both of our main concepts for the recipient – the model reader and the construed reader – are rooted in the concept of the ‘implied reader’ from literary research (Eco, 1979; Iser, 1974, 2006; Phelan, 1994; Richardson, 2007; Rimmon-Kenan, 1983)....
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...Our focus is on the mediating concept of the reader....
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...Model reader and media concept Literary theory provides the concepts of an ‘implied reader’ (Iser, 1974, 1978) or a ‘model reader’ (Eco, 1979: 7) as a text’s overall projection of a reader role.3 We have adapted these terms in developmental projects of editorial offices and newsrooms (Helle, 2010;…...
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...Values and ideologies offered to the construed reader can best be scrutinized by the dimension of perspective....
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TL;DR: The authors offers a critique of some of the strategies deployed by biblical scholars, past and present, who have attempted to come to terms with the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible.
Abstract: This article offers a critique of some of the strategies deployed by biblical scholars, past and present, who have attempted to come to terms with the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew B...
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...Such critics emphasize that readers of literature have a duty to converse and interact with the text, and that literary compositions must be read in an openly critical, rather than in a passively receptive, way (Iser 1974: 274-94; 1978: 167-72; 1980)....
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