The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic ResponseBy defining what happens during the act of reading, that is, how aesthetic experience is initiated, develops, and functions, Iser's book provides the first systematic framework for assessing the communicatory function of a literary text within the context from which it arises. It is an important work that will appeal to those interested in the reading process, aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and basic theoretical aspects of the novel. Book jacket. |
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ONE PARTIAL ARTTOTAL INTERPRETATION | 3 |
The Lingering of the Classical Norm of Interpretation | 10 |
TWO THE RUDIMENTS OF A THEORY OF AESTHETIC RESPONSE | 20 |
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actually aesthetic object Alfred Schütz Allworthy arises aspects background basic become blanks brings characters communication comprehension concept concretization connections consciousness consistency-building constitutes context continually critic denote disposition effect elements enables expectations fact familiar formulated frame of reference Frankfort fulfilled function gestalt Gestalt psychology gestalten grasp ideation illocutionary act image-building imaginary object implied reader individual Ingarden intentional object interaction interpretation intersubjective Jan Mukařovskı language linguistic literary text literature meaning mental images Munich narrator narrator's nature negation negative norms novel observation orientation perception performative utterance perlocutionary acts places of indeterminacy pop art position possible pragmatic produced psychoanalytical reaction reading process reality relation repertoire represented result Roman Ingarden schemata segments selected sentence sequence significance signs simply situation social speech act structure text and reader textual perspectives theme and horizon theory thought systems tion Tom Jones transformation transl Tristram Shandy utterance wandering viewpoint